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By: Hilderbran (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) |
H.B. No. 260 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011; |
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April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Criminal Justice; May 17, 2011, reported favorably by the |
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following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution and punishment of unlawful transport of |
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a person. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 20.05, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) An offense under this section is a [state jail] felony |
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of the second degree. |
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(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section |
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also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the |
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actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both |
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sections. |
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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 on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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