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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 employment harmful to |
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children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (c), Section 43.251, Penal Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, |
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unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant |
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has previously been convicted of an offense under this section, in |
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which event the offense is a felony of the third 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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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 was committed before that |
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date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |