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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to enhancing the penalty for online solicitation of a |
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minor. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.021(f), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(f) An offense under Subsection (b) is a state jail felony, |
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and an offense under Subsection (c) is a felony of the second |
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[third] degree, except that an offense under Subsection (b) [or
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(c)] is a felony of the second degree and an offense under |
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Subsection (c) is a felony of the first degree if the minor is |
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younger than 14 years of age or is an individual whom the actor |
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believes to be younger than 14 years of age. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act in amending |
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Section 33.021, Penal Code, applies only to an offense committed on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed |
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before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in |
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effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. For the purposes of this |
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section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |