Bill Text: TX HB3719 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of failure to identify.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-04-03 - Referred to Criminal Jurisprudence [HB3719 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3719-Introduced.html
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By: Isaac | H.B. No. 3719 |
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relating to the prosecution of the offense of failure to identify. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 38.02(a), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person [ |
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intentionally refuses to give the person's [ |
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address, or date of birth to a peace officer who has [ |
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and: | ||
(1) has lawfully arrested the person; | ||
(2) has lawfully detained the person; or | ||
(3) has good cause to believe that the person is a | ||
witness to a criminal offense. | ||
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, 2017. |