Bill Text: TX SB524 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Engrossed

Texas Senate Bill 524 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of abuse of a corpse.

Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)

Status: (Passed) 2017-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/17 [SB524 Detail]

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	By: Birdwell	S.B. No. 524


	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of abuse of a
	corpse.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 42.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony,
	except that an offense under Subsection (a)(5) is a Class A
	misdemeanor.
	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.