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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the application of the offenses of disrupting public |
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school classes or transportation to persons younger than 12 years |
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of age. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.124(d), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) |
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that, at the time the person engaged in conduct prohibited under |
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that subsection, the person was younger than 12 years of age [a
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student in the sixth grade or a lower grade level]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 37.126(c), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection |
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(a)(1) that, at the time the person engaged in conduct prohibited |
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under that subdivision, the person was younger than 12 years of age |
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[a student in the sixth grade or a lower grade level]. |
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SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply only to |
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an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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offense committed before the effective date of this Act is covered |
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by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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Act if any element of the offense was committed before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |