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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of organized |
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retail theft. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 31.16(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally |
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conducts, promotes, or facilitates an activity in which the person |
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[receives, possesses, conceals,] stores, barters, or sells[, or
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disposes of]: |
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(1) stolen retail merchandise; or |
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(2) merchandise explicitly represented to the person |
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as being stolen retail merchandise. |
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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, 2019. |