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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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the person, with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire |
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of the actor, observes another person without the other person's |
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consent while the other person is in a dwelling or structure in |
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which the other person has a reasonable expectation of privacy. |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c) or (d), an offense |
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under this section is a Class C misdemeanor. |
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(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor |
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if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the actor has |
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previously been convicted two or more times of an offense under this |
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section. |
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(d) An offense under this section is a state jail felony if |
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the victim was a child younger than 14 years of age at the time of |
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the offense. |
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(e) 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, 2015. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 207 was passed by the House on May 12, |
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2015, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 207 was passed by the Senate on May |
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26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |