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Amend CSSB 11 (Senate committee printing) as follows:                        
	(1)  In ARTICLE 1 of the bill, in SECTION 1.01 of the ARTICLE, 
in added Section 15.031(e)(1), Penal Code, between "offense" and "a 
member" (page 1, line 24), insert "17 years of age or older and".
	(2)  In ARTICLE 1 of the bill, in SECTION 1.04 of the ARTICLE, 
in added Section 33.06(c), Penal Code (page 2, line 7), strike 
"state jail felony" and substitute "Class B misdemeanor, except 
that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has 
previously been convicted of an offense under this section".
	(3)  In ARTICLE 1 of the bill, in SECTION 1.06 of the ARTICLE, 
in added Section 71.028(b), Penal Code, immediately preceding "it 
is shown beyond a reasonable doubt" (page 3, line 23), insert "the 
actor is 17 years of age or older and".
	(4)  Add the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to 
ARTICLE 1 of the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of ARTICLE 1 
accordingly:
	SECTION 1.__.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 37.110 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.110.  INFORMATION REGARDING GANG-FREE ZONES.  The 
superintendent of each public school district and the administrator 
of each private elementary or secondary school located in the 
public school district shall ensure that the student handbook for 
each campus in the public school district includes information on 
gang-free zones and the consequences of engaging in organized 
criminal activity within those zones.
	SECTION 1.__.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is 
amended by adding Section 51.973 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.973.  INFORMATION REGARDING GANG-FREE ZONES.  The 
governing board of each institution of higher education shall 
ensure that any student handbook or similar publication for the 
institution includes information on gang-free zones and the 
consequences of engaging in organized criminal activity within 
those zones.
	SECTION 1.__.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources 
Code, is amended by adding Section 42.064 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.064.  INFORMATION REGARDING GANG-FREE ZONES.  Each 
day-care center shall, in accordance with rules adopted by the 
executive commissioner, distribute to parents and guardians of 
children who attend the center information on gang-free zones and 
the consequences of engaging in organized criminal activity within 
those zones.
	SECTION 1.__.  Section 37.110, Education Code, as added by 
this Act, applies beginning with the public school district's 
2009-2010 school year.
	SECTION 1.__.  Section 51.973, Education Code, as added by 
this Act, applies beginning with the 2009 fall semester.
	(5)  In ARTICLE 10 of the bill, strike SECTION 10.02 of the 
ARTICLE (page 19, line 16) and substitute the following:
	SECTION 10.02.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009, 
except that Sections 37.110 and 51.973, Education Code, and Section 
42.064, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, take effect 
immediately if this Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the 
members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article 
III, Texas Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote 
necessary for immediate effect, those sections of the Education 
Code and Human Resources Code take effect September 1, 2009.