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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to creating the offense of voyeurism; providing a penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 21.16 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.16. VOYEURISM. (a) A person commits an offense if, |
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with the intent to arouse, gratify, degrade, or abuse any person, |
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the actor observes another person without the other person's |
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consent when the other person is located in a dwelling, structure, |
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or conveyance that provides a r |
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easonable expectation of privacy. |
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(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor, |
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except that the offense is a state jail felony if the person who is |
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being observed under Subsection (a) is a child younger than 14 years |
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of age at the time of the offense. |
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(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this |
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section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor |
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may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |