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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the defenses to prosecution of certain gambling |
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offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 47.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Subdivision (6-a) and amending Subdivision (8) to read as follows: |
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(6-a) "Internet private place" means an Internet |
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website page, including an Internet website page that is accessible |
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only through the use of a private password, to which the public does |
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not have access. |
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(8) "Private place" means a place to which the public |
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does not have access, and excludes, among other places, streets, |
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highways, restaurants, taverns, nightclubs, schools, hospitals, |
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and the common areas of apartment houses, hotels, motels, office |
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buildings, transportation facilities, and shops. The term includes |
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an Internet private place. |
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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 when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes |
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of this section, an offense was committed before the effective date |
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of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |