Bill Text: TX HB252 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the punishment of certain sexual offenses committed in a disaster area or an evacuated area.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-06 - Left pending in committee [HB252 Detail]

Download: Texas-2015-HB252-Introduced.html

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84R27 GCB-F
By: White of Tyler H.B. No. 252

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment of certain sexual offenses committed in
a disaster area or an evacuated area.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Sections 12.50(b) and (c), Penal Code, are
amended to read as follows:
(b) The increase in punishment authorized by this section
applies only to an offense under:
(1) Section 21.11;
(2) Section 22.01;
(3) Section 22.011;
(4) Section 22.04;
(5) Section 22.041;
(6) [(2)] Section 29.02;
(7) [(3)] Section 30.02; [and]
(8) [(4)] Section 31.03;
(9) Section 33.021;
(10) Section 43.25;
(11) Section 43.26; and
(12) Section 43.261.
(c) If an offense listed under Subsection (b)(2), (8), or
(12) [(b)(1) or (4)] is punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, the
minimum term of confinement for the offense is increased to 180
days. If an offense listed under Subsection (b)(3), [or] (4), (7),
(8), or (10) is punishable as a felony of the first degree, the
punishment for that offense may not be increased under this
section.
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.