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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of the offense of possession or promotion |
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of lewd visual material depicting a child. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Penal Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 43.262 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.262. POSSESSION OR PROMOTION OF LEWD VISUAL |
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MATERIAL DEPICTING CHILD. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Promote" and "sexual conduct" have the meanings |
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assigned by Section 43.25. |
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(2) "Visual material" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 43.26. |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly |
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possesses, accesses with intent to view, or promotes visual |
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material that: |
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(1) depicts the lewd exhibition of the genitals or |
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pubic area of an unclothed, partially clothed, or clothed child who |
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is younger than 18 years of age at the time the visual material was |
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created; |
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(2) appeals to the prurient interest in sex; and |
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(3) has no serious literary, artistic, political, or |
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scientific value. |
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(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony, |
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except that the offense is: |
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(1) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the |
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trial of the offense that the person has been previously convicted |
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one time of an offense under this section or Section 43.26; and |
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(2) a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the |
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trial of the offense that the person has been previously convicted |
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two or more times of an offense under this section or Section 43.26. |
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(d) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section |
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that the depicted child consented to the creation of the visual |
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material. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1810 was passed by the House on May 9, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 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. 1810 was passed by the Senate on May |
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19, 2017, 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 |