85R6426 LHC-D
 
  By: Meyer H.B. No. 1666
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of aggravated
  promotion of prostitution.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 43.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second
  [third] degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first
  degree if the prostitution enterprise uses as a prostitute one or
  more persons younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the
  actor knows the age of the person at the time of [the actor commits]
  the offense.
         SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
  purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
  effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
  before that date.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.