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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to conditions of release on bond for a defendant charged |
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with certain offenses committed against a child. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 17.41(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) This article applies to a defendant charged with an |
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offense under any of the following provisions of the Penal Code, if |
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committed against a child younger than 18 [14] years of age: |
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(1) Chapter 20A (Trafficking of Persons), 21 (Sexual |
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Offenses), [or] 22 (Assaultive Offenses), or 43 (Public Indecency); |
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or |
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(2) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct) [; or |
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[(3) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child)]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to a person who is arrested on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. A person arrested before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the person was arrested, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |