Bill Text: TX HB290 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to children.
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB290 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HB290-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 290 | ||
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| relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to | ||
| children. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 43.251(c), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| (c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, | ||
| except that the offense is: | ||
| (1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of | ||
| the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted one | ||
| time of an offense under this section; and | ||
| (2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the | ||
| trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously | ||
| convicted two or more times of an offense 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 | ||
| covered 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 290 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
| No. 290 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 1, 2 | ||
| present, not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 290 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
| amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
| 0 | ||
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| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
