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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the penalty for the offense of compelling prostitution. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.05, Penal Code, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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Sec. 43.05. COMPELLING PROSTITUTION. (a) A person commits |
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an offense if the person [he] knowingly: |
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(1) causes another by force, threat, or fraud to |
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commit prostitution; or |
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(2) causes by any means a person younger than 18 [17] |
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years to commit prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knew |
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the age of the person at the time the offense was committed. |
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(b) An offense under Subsection (a)(1) [this section] is a |
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felony of the second degree. An offense under Subsection (a)(2) is a |
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felony of the first degree. |
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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 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 is |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |