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By: Jackson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson) |
H.B. No. 290 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; |
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April 28, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Criminal Justice; May 23, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; |
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May 23, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 290 |
By: Ellis |
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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. Section 43.251(c), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, |
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except that the offense is: |
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(1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of |
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the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted one |
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time of an offense under this section; and |
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(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the |
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trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously |
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convicted two or more times of an offense under this section. |
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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 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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