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  By: Schaefer H.B. No. 4070
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the punishment for trafficking of persons, online
  solicitation of a minor, and prostitution and to the dissemination
  of certain information, including the required posting of certain
  signs, regarding human trafficking.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.086(a), Education Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 37.086.  REQUIRED POSTING OF WARNING SIGNS OF INCREASED
  TRAFFICKING PENALTIES. (a) In this section:
               (1)  "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section
  481.134, Health and Safety Code.
               (2)  "School" means a public [or private] primary or
  secondary school.
         Section 2.  This Act take effect immediately if it receives a
  vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effects on the 91st day after the last day of the
  legislative session.