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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper photography |
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or visual recording. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.15(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person: |
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(1) photographs or by videotape or other electronic |
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means [visually] records, broadcasts, or transmits a visual image |
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of another: |
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(A) without the other person's consent; and |
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(B) with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual |
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desire of any person; or |
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(2) knowing the character and content of the |
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photograph, [or] recording, broadcast, or transmission, promotes a |
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photograph, [or visual] recording, broadcast, or transmission |
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described by Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For the |
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purposes of this section, an offense is committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |