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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain offenses relevant to maintaining public school |
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discipline. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.01(c), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(c) For purposes of this section: |
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(1) an act is deemed to occur in a public place or near |
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a private residence if it produces its offensive or proscribed |
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consequences in the public place or near a private residence; [and] |
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(2) a noise is presumed to be unreasonable if the noise |
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exceeds a decibel level of 85 after the person making the noise |
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receives notice from a magistrate or peace officer that the noise is |
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a public nuisance; and |
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(3) school property, as defined by Section |
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37.124(c)(3), Education Code, is deemed to be a public place, |
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notwithstanding Section 1.07(40). |
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SECTION 2. Section 25.094(a), Education Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) An individual commits an offense if the individual: |
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(1) is 12 years of age or older and younger than 21 |
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[18] years of age; |
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(2) is required to attend school under Section 25.085 |
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or a school district policy adopted under that section; and |
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(3) fails to attend school on 10 or more days or parts |
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of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on |
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three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period. |
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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 governed |
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by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this |
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Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |