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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the failure of |
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certain sex offenders to comply with sex offender registration |
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requirements. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Articles 62.102(c) and (d), Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
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(c) If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense or |
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an attempt to commit an offense under this article that the person |
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has previously been convicted of an offense or an attempt to commit |
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an offense under this article, the [punishment for the] offense or |
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the attempt to commit the offense is increased to the [punishment |
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for the] next highest category of offense [degree of felony]. |
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(d) If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense |
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under this article or an attempt to commit an offense under this |
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article that the person fraudulently used identifying information |
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in violation of Section 32.51, Penal Code, during the commission or |
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attempted commission of the offense, the [punishment for the] |
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offense or the attempt to commit the offense is increased to [the |
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punishment for] the next highest category of offense [degree of |
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felony]. |
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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 was |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |