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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to reducing the criminal penalty for the offense of |
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cockfighting. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 42.105(g), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(g) An offense under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) is a Class A |
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misdemeanor [state jail felony]. An offense under Subsection |
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(b)(3), (4), [or] (5), or (6) is a Class C [A] misdemeanor. [An |
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offense under Subsection (b)(6) is a Class C misdemeanor, except |
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that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial |
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of the offense that the person has been previously convicted of an |
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offense under that subdivision.] |
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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, 2025. |