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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. Section 22.041(c-1), Penal Code, is amended to |
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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 into the human body a controlled substance listed in |
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Schedule I, as established by the commissioner of public health |
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under Chapter 481, Health and Safety 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 September 1, 2007. An offense |
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committed before September 1, 2007, is governed by the law in effect |
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when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in |
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effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense |
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was committed before September 1, 2007, if any element of the |
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offense was committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |