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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of aggravated |
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promotion of prostitution. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 43.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second |
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[third] degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first |
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degree if the prostitution enterprise uses as a prostitute one or |
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more persons younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the |
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actor knows the age of the person at the time of [the actor commits] |
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the offense. |
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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 on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |