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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution or the offense of criminal nonsupport. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 25.05, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (a-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) An individual commits an offense if the individual |
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intentionally or knowingly fails to provide support for: |
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(1) the individual's child younger than 18 years of |
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age;[,] or |
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(2) [for] the individual's child who is the subject of a |
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court order requiring the individual to support the child. |
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(a-1) For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), a person knowingly |
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fails to provide support for the individual's child if the |
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individual or entity that is designated in the court order to |
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initially receive the child support payment has not received the |
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payment on or before the due date specified by the court order. |
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SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies |
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only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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(b) An offense committed before the effective date of this |
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Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, |
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and 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 occurs |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |