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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to conduct that constitutes the offense of endangering a |
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child. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c-1), Section 22.041, Penal Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c-1) For purposes of Subsection (c), it is presumed that a |
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person engaged in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of |
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death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment if the |
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person, [manufactured the controlled substance methamphetamine] in |
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the presence of the child: |
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(1) manufactured the controlled substance |
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methamphetamine; or |
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(2) injected, ingested, inhaled, or otherwise |
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introduced a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group 1, |
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Section 481.102, Health and Safety Code, into the human body when |
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the person was not in lawful possession of the substance as defined |
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by Section 481.002(24) of that code. |
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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 |
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purposes of this section, an offense was 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. |