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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for tampering with or fabricating |
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physical evidence. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act may be cited as the Jennifer Cave Act. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.09, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(c) Except as provided by Subsection (e), an [An] offense |
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under Subsection (a) or Subsection (d)(1) is a felony of the third |
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degree. An offense under Subsection (d)(2) is a Class A |
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misdemeanor. |
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(e) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the |
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first degree if the physical evidence that is altered, destroyed, |
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or concealed is human remains. |
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SECTION 3. 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 |
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Act. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |