Bill Text: TX HB1123 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Engrossed

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Bill Title: Relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of possession or promotion of child pornography; changing the eligibility for parole.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-2)

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2015-05-06 - Referred to Criminal Justice [HB1123 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB1123-Engrossed.html

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84R15382 MEW-D
By: Paddie, Thompson of Harris, Meyer, Dale, H.B. No. 1123
Metcalf, et al.

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of possession
or promotion of child pornography; changing the eligibility for
parole.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 508.145, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (e-1) to read as follows:
(e-1) An inmate serving a sentence for an offense under
Section 43.26, Penal Code, is not eligible for release on parole
until the inmate's actual calendar time served, without
consideration of good conduct time, equals one-half of the inmate's
sentence.
SECTION 2. Sections 43.26(d) and (g), Penal Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(d) An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony of the
second [third] degree.
(g) An offense under Subsection (e) is a felony of the first
[second] degree.
SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.