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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for the criminal offense of operation of |
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a stash house; increasing a criminal penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 20.07(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third |
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degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if |
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it is shown on the trial of the offense that as a direct result of |
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the commission of the offense: |
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(1) an individual became a victim of sexual assault, |
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as defined by Section 22.011, or aggravated sexual assault, as |
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defined by Section 22.021; or |
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(2) an individual suffered serious bodily injury or |
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death [Class A misdemeanor]. |
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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 the |
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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, 2023. |