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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for the offense of harboring a runaway |
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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 25.06(d), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, |
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except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if, at the |
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time of the offense, the actor was required to register as a sex |
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offender under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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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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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |