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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for violating certain orders requiring |
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the removal of the alleged perpetrator from the home of an abused |
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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 262.1015(h), Family Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(h) A person commits an offense if, in violation of a court |
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order under this section, the person returns to the residence of the |
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child the person is alleged to have abused. An offense under this |
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subsection is a [Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is a] |
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felony of the third degree [if the person has previously been
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convicted under this subsection]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section |
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262.1015(h), Family Code, applies only to an offense committed on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed |
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before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in |
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effect when the offense was committed, and the former law is |
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continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, |
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an offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if |
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any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |