Bill Text: TX SB343 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper sexual activity with a person under supervision.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB343 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB343-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper sexual activity with a person under supervision.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 4-2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB343 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB343-Introduced.html
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By: Perry | S.B. No. 343 |
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relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper sexual | ||
activity with a person under the supervision of a community | ||
supervision and corrections department. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 39.04, Penal Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 39.04. VIOLATIONS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PERSON IN | ||
CUSTODY; IMPROPER SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH PERSON IN CUSTODY OR UNDER | ||
SUPERVISION. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 39.04(f), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(f) An employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, | ||
the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, a juvenile facility, [ |
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local juvenile probation department, or a community supervision and | ||
corrections department established under Chapter 76, Government | ||
Code, commits an offense if the employee engages in sexual contact, | ||
sexual intercourse, or deviate sexual intercourse with an | ||
individual who the employee knows is under the supervision of the | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Juvenile Justice | ||
Department, [ |
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and corrections department but not in the custody of the Texas | ||
Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, | ||
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corrections department. | ||
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, 2017. |