1 | 1 | | 81R942 PEP-F |
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2 | 2 | | By: Pitts H.B. No. 1482 |
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5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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7 | 7 | | relating to the creation of the offense of assault with bodily |
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8 | 8 | | fluids, the prosecution and punishment of that offense, and the |
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9 | 9 | | consequences of a conviction for that offense. |
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10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Chapter 22, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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12 | 12 | | Section 22.03 to read as follows: |
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13 | 13 | | Sec. 22.03. ASSAULT WITH BODILY FLUIDS. (a) A person |
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14 | 14 | | commits an offense if: |
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15 | 15 | | (1) with the intent to assault, harass, or alarm, the |
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16 | 16 | | person causes another person to contact the blood, seminal fluid, |
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17 | 17 | | vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of the actor, any other |
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18 | 18 | | person, or an animal; |
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19 | 19 | | (2) with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual |
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20 | 20 | | desire of any person, the person causes another person, without |
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21 | 21 | | that person's consent, to contact the blood, seminal fluid, vaginal |
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22 | 22 | | fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of the actor, any other person, or an |
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23 | 23 | | animal; or |
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24 | 24 | | (3) with the intent to arouse or gratify the sexual |
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25 | 25 | | desire of any person, the person causes a child to contact the |
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26 | 26 | | blood, seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of the |
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27 | 27 | | actor, any other person, or an animal. |
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28 | 28 | | (b) In this section, "child" has the meaning assigned by |
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29 | 29 | | Section 22.011(c)(1). |
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30 | 30 | | (c) An offense under this section is: |
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31 | 31 | | (1) a Class A misdemeanor, if the offense is committed |
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32 | 32 | | under Subsection (a)(1); |
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33 | 33 | | (2) a felony of the third degree, if the offense is |
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34 | 34 | | committed under Subsection (a)(2); and |
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35 | 35 | | (3) a felony of the second degree, if the offense is |
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36 | 36 | | committed under Subsection (a)(3). |
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37 | 37 | | (d) An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is increased |
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38 | 38 | | to the next higher category of offense if it is shown at the trial of |
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39 | 39 | | the offense that, at the time of the commission of the offense, the |
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40 | 40 | | actor was: |
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41 | 41 | | (1) a peace officer as defined by Article 2.12, Code of |
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42 | 42 | | Criminal Procedure, or other law; |
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43 | 43 | | (2) a corrections officer employed by a secure |
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44 | 44 | | correctional facility; |
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45 | 45 | | (3) a health care services provider as defined by |
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46 | 46 | | Section 22.011(c)(3); |
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47 | 47 | | (4) a mental health services provider as defined by |
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48 | 48 | | Section 22.011(c)(4); or |
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49 | 49 | | (5) an employee of a facility as defined by Section |
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50 | 50 | | 22.011(c)(5). |
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51 | 51 | | (e) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under |
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52 | 52 | | Subsection (a)(3) that: |
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53 | 53 | | (1) the actor was not more than three years older than |
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54 | 54 | | the victim and at the time of the offense: |
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55 | 55 | | (A) was not required under Chapter 62, Code of |
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56 | 56 | | Criminal Procedure, to register for life as a sex offender; or |
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57 | 57 | | (B) was not a person who under Chapter 62, Code of |
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58 | 58 | | Criminal Procedure, had a reportable conviction or adjudication for |
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59 | 59 | | an offense under this section; and |
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60 | 60 | | (2) the victim: |
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61 | 61 | | (A) was a child of 14 years of age or older; and |
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62 | 62 | | (B) was not a person whom the actor was |
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63 | 63 | | prohibited from marrying or purporting to marry or with whom the |
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64 | 64 | | actor was prohibited from living under the appearance of being |
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65 | 65 | | married under Section 25.01. |
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66 | 66 | | (f) If conduct constituting an offense under this section |
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67 | 67 | | also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the |
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68 | 68 | | actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both |
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69 | 69 | | sections. |
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70 | 70 | | SECTION 2. Section 3.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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71 | 71 | | as follows: |
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72 | 72 | | (b) If the accused is found guilty of more than one offense |
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73 | 73 | | arising out of the same criminal episode, the sentences may run |
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74 | 74 | | concurrently or consecutively if each sentence is for a conviction |
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75 | 75 | | of: |
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76 | 76 | | (1) an offense: |
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77 | 77 | | (A) under Section 49.07 or 49.08, regardless of |
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78 | 78 | | whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section |
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79 | 79 | | more than once or is convicted of violations of both sections; or |
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80 | 80 | | (B) for which a plea agreement was reached in a |
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81 | 81 | | case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense |
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82 | 82 | | listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is |
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83 | 83 | | charged with violations of the same section more than once or is |
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84 | 84 | | charged with violations of both sections; |
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85 | 85 | | (2) an offense: |
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86 | 86 | | (A) under Section 33.021 or an offense under |
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87 | 87 | | Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 22.03(a)(3), 25.02, or 43.25 |
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88 | 88 | | committed against a victim younger than 17 years of age at the time |
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89 | 89 | | of the commission of the offense regardless of whether the accused |
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90 | 90 | | is convicted of violations of the same section more than once or is |
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91 | 91 | | convicted of violations of more than one section; or |
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92 | 92 | | (B) for which a plea agreement was reached in a |
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93 | 93 | | case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense |
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94 | 94 | | listed in Paragraph (A) committed against a victim younger than 17 |
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95 | 95 | | years of age at the time of the commission of the offense regardless |
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96 | 96 | | of whether the accused is charged with violations of the same |
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97 | 97 | | section more than once or is charged with violations of more than |
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98 | 98 | | one section; or |
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99 | 99 | | (3) an offense: |
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100 | 100 | | (A) under Section 21.15 or 43.26, regardless of |
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101 | 101 | | whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section |
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102 | 102 | | more than once or is convicted of violations of both sections; or |
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103 | 103 | | (B) for which a plea agreement was reached in a |
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104 | 104 | | case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense |
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105 | 105 | | listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is |
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106 | 106 | | charged with violations of the same section more than once or is |
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107 | 107 | | charged with violations of both sections. |
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108 | 108 | | SECTION 3. Section 12.42(c)(2), Penal Code, is amended to |
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109 | 109 | | read as follows: |
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110 | 110 | | (2) Notwithstanding Subdivision (1), a defendant |
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111 | 111 | | shall be punished by imprisonment in the Texas Department of |
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112 | 112 | | Criminal Justice for life if: |
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113 | 113 | | (A) the defendant is convicted of an offense: |
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114 | 114 | | (i) under Section 21.11(a)(1), 22.021, or |
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115 | 115 | | 22.011[, Penal Code]; |
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116 | 116 | | (ii) under Section 20.04(a)(4)[, Penal |
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117 | 117 | | Code], if the defendant committed the offense with the intent to |
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118 | 118 | | violate or abuse the victim sexually; or |
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119 | 119 | | (iii) under Section 30.02[, Penal Code], |
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120 | 120 | | punishable under Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant |
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121 | 121 | | committed the offense with the intent to commit a felony described |
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122 | 122 | | by Subparagraph (i) or (ii) or a felony under Section 21.11 or |
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123 | 123 | | 22.03(a)(2) or (3)[, Penal Code]; and |
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124 | 124 | | (B) the defendant has been previously convicted |
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125 | 125 | | of an offense: |
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126 | 126 | | (i) under Section 43.25 or 43.26[, Penal |
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127 | 127 | | Code,] or an offense under Section 43.23[, Penal Code,] punishable |
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128 | 128 | | under Subsection (h) of that section; |
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129 | 129 | | (ii) under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, |
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130 | 130 | | 22.021, 22.03(a)(2) or (3), or 25.02[, Penal Code]; |
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131 | 131 | | (iii) under Section 20.04(a)(4)[, Penal |
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132 | 132 | | Code], if the defendant committed the offense with the intent to |
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133 | 133 | | violate or abuse the victim sexually; |
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134 | 134 | | (iv) under Section 30.02[, Penal Code], |
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135 | 135 | | punishable under Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant |
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136 | 136 | | committed the offense with the intent to commit a felony described |
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137 | 137 | | by Subparagraph (ii) or (iii); or |
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138 | 138 | | (v) under the laws of another state |
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139 | 139 | | containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements |
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140 | 140 | | of an offense listed in Subparagraph (i), (ii), (iii), or (iv). |
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141 | 141 | | SECTION 4. Section 15.031(b), Penal Code, is amended to |
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142 | 142 | | read as follows: |
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143 | 143 | | (b) A person commits an offense if, with intent that an |
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144 | 144 | | offense under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 22.03(a)(2) or |
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145 | 145 | | (3), or 43.25 be committed, the person by any means requests, |
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146 | 146 | | commands, or attempts to induce a minor or another whom the person |
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147 | 147 | | believes to be a minor to engage in specific conduct that, under the |
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148 | 148 | | circumstances surrounding the actor's conduct as the actor believes |
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149 | 149 | | them to be, would constitute an offense under one of those sections |
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150 | 150 | | or would make the minor or other believed by the person to be a minor |
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151 | 151 | | a party to the commission of an offense under one of those sections. |
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152 | 152 | | SECTION 5. Section 22.06(a), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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153 | 153 | | as follows: |
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154 | 154 | | (a) The victim's effective consent or the actor's reasonable |
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155 | 155 | | belief that the victim consented to the actor's conduct is a defense |
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156 | 156 | | to prosecution under Section 22.01 (Assault), 22.02 (Aggravated |
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157 | 157 | | Assault), 22.03(a)(1) (Assault with Bodily Fluids), or 22.05 |
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158 | 158 | | (Deadly Conduct) if: |
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159 | 159 | | (1) the conduct did not threaten or inflict serious |
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160 | 160 | | bodily injury; or |
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161 | 161 | | (2) the victim knew the conduct was a risk of: |
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162 | 162 | | (A) his occupation; |
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163 | 163 | | (B) recognized medical treatment; or |
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164 | 164 | | (C) a scientific experiment conducted by |
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165 | 165 | | recognized methods. |
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166 | 166 | | SECTION 6. Article 21.31(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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167 | 167 | | amended to read as follows: |
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168 | 168 | | (a) A person who is indicted for or who waives indictment |
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169 | 169 | | for an offense under Section 21.02, 21.11(a)(1), 22.011, [or] |
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170 | 170 | | 22.021, or 22.03(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code, shall, at the direction |
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171 | 171 | | of the court, undergo a medical procedure or test designed to show |
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172 | 172 | | or help show whether the person has a sexually transmitted disease |
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173 | 173 | | or has acquired immune deficiency syndrome (AIDS) or human |
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174 | 174 | | immunodeficiency virus (HIV) infection, antibodies to HIV, or |
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175 | 175 | | infection with any other probable causative agent of AIDS. The |
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176 | 176 | | court may direct the person to undergo the procedure or test on its |
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177 | 177 | | own motion or on the request of the victim of the alleged offense. |
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178 | 178 | | If the person refuses to submit voluntarily to the procedure or |
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179 | 179 | | test, the court shall require the person to submit to the procedure |
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180 | 180 | | or test. The court may require a defendant previously required |
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181 | 181 | | under this article to undergo a medical procedure or test on |
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182 | 182 | | indictment for an offense to undergo a subsequent medical procedure |
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183 | 183 | | or test following conviction of the offense. The person performing |
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184 | 184 | | the procedure or test shall make the test results available to the |
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185 | 185 | | local health authority, and the local health authority shall be |
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186 | 186 | | required to make the notification of the test result to the victim |
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187 | 187 | | of the alleged offense and to the defendant. |
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188 | 188 | | SECTION 7. Section 1, Article 38.071, Code of Criminal |
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189 | 189 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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190 | 190 | | Sec. 1. This article applies only to a hearing or proceeding |
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191 | 191 | | in which the court determines that a child younger than 13 years of |
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192 | 192 | | age would be unavailable to testify in the presence of the defendant |
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193 | 193 | | about an offense defined by any of the following sections of the |
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194 | 194 | | Penal Code: |
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195 | 195 | | (1) Section 19.02 (Murder); |
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196 | 196 | | (2) Section 19.03 (Capital Murder); |
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197 | 197 | | (3) Section 19.04 (Manslaughter); |
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198 | 198 | | (4) Section 20.04 (Aggravated Kidnapping); |
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199 | 199 | | (5) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child); |
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200 | 200 | | (6) Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault); |
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201 | 201 | | (7) Section 22.02 (Aggravated Assault); |
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202 | 202 | | (8) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault); |
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203 | 203 | | (9) Section 22.03(a)(3) (Assault with Bodily Fluids); |
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204 | 204 | | (10) Section 22.04(e) (Injury to a Child, Elderly |
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205 | 205 | | Individual, or Disabled Individual); |
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206 | 206 | | (11) [(10)] Section 22.04(f) (Injury to a Child, |
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207 | 207 | | Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual), if the conduct is |
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208 | 208 | | committed intentionally or knowingly; |
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209 | 209 | | (12) [(11)] Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual |
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210 | 210 | | Conduct); |
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211 | 211 | | (13) [(12)] Section 29.03 (Aggravated Robbery); |
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212 | 212 | | (14) [(13)] Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a |
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213 | 213 | | Child); or |
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214 | 214 | | (15) [(14)] Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of |
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215 | 215 | | Young Child or Children). |
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216 | 216 | | SECTION 8. Section 3g(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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217 | 217 | | Procedure, as amended by Chapters 405 (S.B. 877) and 593 (H.B. 8), |
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218 | 218 | | Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is reenacted |
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219 | 219 | | and amended to read as follows: |
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220 | 220 | | (a) The provisions of Section 3 of this article do not |
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221 | 221 | | apply: |
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222 | 222 | | (1) to a defendant adjudged guilty of an offense |
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223 | 223 | | under: |
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224 | 224 | | (A) Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder); |
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225 | 225 | | (B) Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital murder); |
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226 | 226 | | (C) Section 21.11(a)(1), Penal Code (Indecency |
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227 | 227 | | with a child); |
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228 | 228 | | (D) Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated |
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229 | 229 | | kidnapping); |
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230 | 230 | | (E) Section 22.021, Penal Code (Aggravated |
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231 | 231 | | sexual assault); |
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232 | 232 | | (F) Section 29.03, Penal Code (Aggravated |
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233 | 233 | | robbery); |
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234 | 234 | | (G) Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for |
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235 | 235 | | which punishment is increased under: |
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236 | 236 | | (i) Section 481.140, Health and Safety |
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237 | 237 | | Code; or |
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238 | 238 | | (ii) Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), |
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239 | 239 | | Health and Safety Code, if it is shown that the defendant has been |
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240 | 240 | | previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was |
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241 | 241 | | increased under any of those subsections; |
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242 | 242 | | (H) Section 22.011, Penal Code (Sexual assault); |
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243 | 243 | | [or] |
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244 | 244 | | (I) Section 22.04(a)(1), Penal Code (Injury to a |
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245 | 245 | | child, elderly individual, or disabled individual), if the offense |
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246 | 246 | | is punishable as a felony of the first degree and the victim of the |
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247 | 247 | | offense is a child; [or] |
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248 | 248 | | (J) [(I)] Section 43.25, Penal Code (Sexual |
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249 | 249 | | performance by a child); or |
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250 | 250 | | (K) Section 22.03(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code |
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251 | 251 | | (Assault with bodily fluids); or |
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252 | 252 | | (2) to a defendant when it is shown that a deadly |
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253 | 253 | | weapon as defined in Section 1.07, Penal Code, was used or exhibited |
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254 | 254 | | during the commission of a felony offense or during immediate |
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255 | 255 | | flight therefrom, and that the defendant used or exhibited the |
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256 | 256 | | deadly weapon or was a party to the offense and knew that a deadly |
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257 | 257 | | weapon would be used or exhibited. On an affirmative finding under |
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258 | 258 | | this subdivision, the trial court shall enter the finding in the |
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259 | 259 | | judgment of the court. On an affirmative finding that the deadly |
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260 | 260 | | weapon was a firearm, the court shall enter that finding in its |
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261 | 261 | | judgment. |
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262 | 262 | | SECTION 9. Section 5(d), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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263 | 263 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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264 | 264 | | (d) In all other cases the judge may grant deferred |
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265 | 265 | | adjudication unless: |
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266 | 266 | | (1) the defendant is charged with an offense: |
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267 | 267 | | (A) under Sections 49.04-49.08, Penal Code; or |
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268 | 268 | | (B) for which punishment may be increased under |
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269 | 269 | | Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f), Health and Safety Code, if it |
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270 | 270 | | is shown that the defendant has been previously convicted of an |
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271 | 271 | | offense for which punishment was increased under any one of those |
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272 | 272 | | subsections; |
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273 | 273 | | (2) the defendant: |
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274 | 274 | | (A) is charged with an offense under Section |
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275 | 275 | | 21.11, 22.011, [or] 22.021, or 22.03(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code, |
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276 | 276 | | regardless of the age of the victim, or any other [a] felony |
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277 | 277 | | described by Section 13B(b) of this article; and |
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278 | 278 | | (B) has previously been placed on community |
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279 | 279 | | supervision for any offense under Paragraph (A) of this |
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280 | 280 | | subdivision; or |
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281 | 281 | | (3) the defendant is charged with an offense under: |
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282 | 282 | | (A) Section 21.02, Penal Code; or |
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283 | 283 | | (B) Section 22.021, Penal Code, that is |
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284 | 284 | | punishable under Subsection (f) of that section or under Section |
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285 | 285 | | 12.42(c)(3), Penal Code. |
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286 | 286 | | SECTION 10. Section 13B(b), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal |
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287 | 287 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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288 | 288 | | (b) This section applies to a defendant placed on community |
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289 | 289 | | supervision for an offense: |
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290 | 290 | | (1) under Section 43.25 or 43.26, Penal Code; |
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291 | 291 | | (2) under Section 21.08, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, |
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292 | 292 | | 22.03(a)(3), or 25.02, Penal Code; |
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293 | 293 | | (3) under Section 20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the |
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294 | 294 | | defendant committed the offense with the intent to violate or abuse |
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295 | 295 | | the victim sexually; or |
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296 | 296 | | (4) under Section 30.02, Penal Code, punishable under |
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297 | 297 | | Subsection (d) of that section, if the defendant committed the |
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298 | 298 | | offense with the intent to commit a felony listed in Subdivision (2) |
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299 | 299 | | or (3) of this subsection. |
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300 | 300 | | SECTION 11. Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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301 | 301 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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302 | 302 | | (5) "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a |
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303 | 303 | | conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of |
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304 | 304 | | delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of |
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305 | 305 | | the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication |
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306 | 306 | | for or based on: |
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307 | 307 | | (A) a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous |
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308 | 308 | | sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.11 (Indecency with a |
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309 | 309 | | child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual |
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310 | 310 | | assault), 22.03(a)(2) or (3) (Assault with bodily fluids), or 25.02 |
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311 | 311 | | (Prohibited sexual conduct), Penal Code; |
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312 | 312 | | (B) a violation of Section 43.05 (Compelling |
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313 | 313 | | prostitution), 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26 |
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314 | 314 | | (Possession or promotion of child pornography), Penal Code; |
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315 | 315 | | (C) a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4) |
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316 | 316 | | (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the |
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317 | 317 | | offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse |
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318 | 318 | | the victim sexually; |
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319 | 319 | | (D) a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary), |
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320 | 320 | | Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under |
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321 | 321 | | Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense |
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322 | 322 | | or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in |
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323 | 323 | | Paragraph (A) or (C); |
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324 | 324 | | (E) a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful |
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325 | 325 | | restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping), |
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326 | 326 | | Penal Code, if, as applicable: |
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327 | 327 | | (i) the judgment in the case contains an |
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328 | 328 | | affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or |
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329 | 329 | | (ii) the order in the hearing or the papers |
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330 | 330 | | in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or |
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331 | 331 | | intended victim was younger than 17 years of age; |
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332 | 332 | | (F) the second violation of Section 21.08 |
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333 | 333 | | (Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation |
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334 | 334 | | results in a deferred adjudication; |
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335 | 335 | | (G) an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as |
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336 | 336 | | defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in |
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337 | 337 | | conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E); |
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338 | 338 | | (H) a violation of the laws of another state, |
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339 | 339 | | federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of |
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340 | 340 | | Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense |
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341 | 341 | | containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements |
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342 | 342 | | of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (G), |
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343 | 343 | | or (J), but not if the violation results in a deferred adjudication; |
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344 | 344 | | (I) the second violation of the laws of another |
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345 | 345 | | state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform |
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346 | 346 | | Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense |
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347 | 347 | | containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements |
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348 | 348 | | of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation |
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349 | 349 | | results in a deferred adjudication; or |
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350 | 350 | | (J) a violation of Section 33.021 (Online |
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351 | 351 | | solicitation of a minor), Penal Code. |
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352 | 352 | | SECTION 12. Article 62.001(6), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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353 | 353 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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354 | 354 | | (6) "Sexually violent offense" means any of the |
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355 | 355 | | following offenses committed by a person 17 years of age or older: |
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356 | 356 | | (A) an offense under Section 21.02 (Continuous |
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357 | 357 | | sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.11(a)(1) (Indecency |
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358 | 358 | | with a child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), [or] 22.021 (Aggravated |
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359 | 359 | | sexual assault), or 22.03(a)(2) or (3) (Assault with bodily |
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360 | 360 | | fluids), Penal Code; |
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361 | 361 | | (B) an offense under Section 43.25 (Sexual |
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362 | 362 | | performance by a child), Penal Code; |
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363 | 363 | | (C) an offense under Section 20.04(a)(4) |
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364 | 364 | | (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the defendant committed the |
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365 | 365 | | offense with intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually; |
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366 | 366 | | (D) an offense under Section 30.02 (Burglary), |
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367 | 367 | | Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of |
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368 | 368 | | that section and the defendant committed the offense with intent to |
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369 | 369 | | commit a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (C) of Subdivision (5); |
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370 | 370 | | or |
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371 | 371 | | (E) an offense under the laws of another state, |
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372 | 372 | | federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of |
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373 | 373 | | Military Justice if the offense contains elements that are |
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374 | 374 | | substantially similar to the elements of an offense listed under |
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375 | 375 | | Paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D). |
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376 | 376 | | SECTION 13. Article 102.0186(a), Code of Criminal |
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377 | 377 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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378 | 378 | | (a) A person convicted of an offense under Section 21.02, |
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379 | 379 | | 21.11, 22.011(a)(2), 22.021(a)(1)(B), 22.03(a)(3), 43.25, 43.251, |
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380 | 380 | | or 43.26, Penal Code, shall pay $100 on conviction of the offense. |
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381 | 381 | | SECTION 14. Section 25.0341(a), Education Code, is amended |
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382 | 382 | | to read as follows: |
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383 | 383 | | (a) This section applies only to: |
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384 | 384 | | (1) a student: |
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385 | 385 | | (A) who has been convicted of continuous sexual |
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386 | 386 | | abuse of young child or children under Section 21.02, Penal Code, or |
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387 | 387 | | convicted of or placed on deferred adjudication for the offense of |
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388 | 388 | | sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal Code, [or] aggravated |
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389 | 389 | | sexual assault under Section 22.021, Penal Code, or assault with |
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390 | 390 | | bodily fluids under Section 22.03(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code, |
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391 | 391 | | committed against another student who, at the time the offense |
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392 | 392 | | occurred, was assigned to the same campus as the student convicted |
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393 | 393 | | or placed on deferred adjudication; |
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394 | 394 | | (B) who has been adjudicated under Section 54.03, |
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395 | 395 | | Family Code, as having engaged in conduct described by Paragraph |
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396 | 396 | | (A); |
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397 | 397 | | (C) whose prosecution under Section 53.03, |
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398 | 398 | | Family Code, for engaging in conduct described by Paragraph (A) has |
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399 | 399 | | been deferred; or |
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400 | 400 | | (D) who has been placed on probation under |
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401 | 401 | | Section 54.04(d)(1), Family Code, for engaging in conduct described |
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402 | 402 | | by Paragraph (A); and |
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403 | 403 | | (2) a student who is the victim of conduct described by |
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404 | 404 | | Subdivision (1)(A). |
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405 | 405 | | SECTION 15. Section 37.007(a), Education Code, is amended |
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406 | 406 | | to read as follows: |
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407 | 407 | | (a) A student shall be expelled from a school if the |
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408 | 408 | | student, on school property or while attending a school-sponsored |
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409 | 409 | | or school-related activity on or off of school property: |
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410 | 410 | | (1) uses, exhibits, or possesses: |
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411 | 411 | | (A) a firearm as defined by Section 46.01(3), |
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412 | 412 | | Penal Code; |
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413 | 413 | | (B) an illegal knife as defined by Section |
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414 | 414 | | 46.01(6), Penal Code, or by local policy; |
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415 | 415 | | (C) a club as defined by Section 46.01(1), Penal |
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416 | 416 | | Code; or |
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417 | 417 | | (D) a weapon listed as a prohibited weapon under |
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418 | 418 | | Section 46.05, Penal Code; |
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419 | 419 | | (2) engages in conduct that contains the elements of |
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420 | 420 | | the offense of: |
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421 | 421 | | (A) aggravated assault under Section 22.02, |
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422 | 422 | | Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011, Penal Code, or |
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423 | 423 | | aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021, Penal Code; |
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424 | 424 | | (B) arson under Section 28.02, Penal Code; |
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425 | 425 | | (C) murder under Section 19.02, Penal Code, |
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426 | 426 | | capital murder under Section 19.03, Penal Code, or criminal |
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427 | 427 | | attempt, under Section 15.01, Penal Code, to commit murder or |
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428 | 428 | | capital murder; |
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429 | 429 | | (D) indecency with a child under Section 21.11, |
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430 | 430 | | Penal Code; |
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431 | 431 | | (E) aggravated kidnapping under Section 20.04, |
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432 | 432 | | Penal Code; |
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433 | 433 | | (F) aggravated robbery under Section 29.03, |
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434 | 434 | | Penal Code; |
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435 | 435 | | (G) manslaughter under Section 19.04, Penal |
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436 | 436 | | Code; |
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437 | 437 | | (H) criminally negligent homicide under Section |
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438 | 438 | | 19.05, Penal Code; [or] |
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439 | 439 | | (I) continuous sexual abuse of young child or |
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440 | 440 | | children under Section 21.02, Penal Code; or |
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441 | 441 | | (J) assault with bodily fluids under Section |
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442 | 442 | | 22.03(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code; or |
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443 | 443 | | (3) engages in conduct specified by Section |
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444 | 444 | | 37.006(a)(2)(C) or (D), if the conduct is punishable as a felony. |
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445 | 445 | | SECTION 16. Section 33.009, Family Code, is amended to read |
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446 | 446 | | as follows: |
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447 | 447 | | Sec. 33.009. OTHER REPORTS OF SEXUAL ABUSE OF A MINOR. A |
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448 | 448 | | court or the guardian ad litem or attorney ad litem for the minor |
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449 | 449 | | shall report conduct reasonably believed to violate Section 21.02, |
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450 | 450 | | 22.011, 22.021, 22.03(a)(3), or 25.02, Penal Code, based on |
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451 | 451 | | information obtained during a confidential court proceeding held |
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452 | 452 | | under this chapter to: |
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453 | 453 | | (1) any local or state law enforcement agency; |
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454 | 454 | | (2) the Department of Family and Protective Services, |
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455 | 455 | | if the alleged conduct involves a person responsible for the care, |
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456 | 456 | | custody, or welfare of the child; |
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457 | 457 | | (3) the state agency that operates, licenses, |
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458 | 458 | | certifies, or registers the facility in which the alleged conduct |
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459 | 459 | | occurred, if the alleged conduct occurred in a facility operated, |
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460 | 460 | | licensed, certified, or registered by a state agency; or |
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461 | 461 | | (4) an appropriate agency designated by the court. |
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462 | 462 | | SECTION 17. Section 33.010, Family Code, is amended to read |
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463 | 463 | | as follows: |
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464 | 464 | | Sec. 33.010. CONFIDENTIALITY. Notwithstanding any other |
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465 | 465 | | law, information obtained by the Department of Family and |
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466 | 466 | | Protective Services or another entity under Section 33.008 or |
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467 | 467 | | 33.009 is confidential except to the extent necessary to prove a |
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468 | 468 | | violation of Section 21.02, 22.011, 22.021, 22.03(a)(3), or 25.02, |
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469 | 469 | | Penal Code. |
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470 | 470 | | SECTION 18. Section 156.104, Family Code, is amended to |
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471 | 471 | | read as follows: |
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472 | 472 | | Sec. 156.104. MODIFICATION OF ORDER ON CONVICTION FOR CHILD |
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473 | 473 | | ABUSE; PENALTY. (a) Except as provided by Section 156.1045, the |
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474 | 474 | | conviction of a conservator for an offense under Section 21.02, |
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475 | 475 | | Penal Code, or the conviction of a conservator or an order deferring |
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476 | 476 | | adjudication with regard to the conservator, for an offense |
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477 | 477 | | involving the abuse of a child under Section 21.11, 22.011, [or] |
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478 | 478 | | 22.021, or 22.03(a)(3), Penal Code, is a material and substantial |
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479 | 479 | | change of circumstances sufficient to justify a temporary order and |
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480 | 480 | | modification of an existing court order or portion of a decree that |
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481 | 481 | | provides for the appointment of a conservator or that sets the terms |
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482 | 482 | | and conditions of conservatorship or for the possession of or |
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483 | 483 | | access to a child. |
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484 | 484 | | (b) A person commits an offense if the person files a suit to |
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485 | 485 | | modify an order or portion of a decree based on the grounds |
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486 | 486 | | permitted under Subsection (a) and the person knows that the person |
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487 | 487 | | against whom the motion is filed has not been convicted of an |
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488 | 488 | | offense, or received deferred adjudication for an offense, under |
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489 | 489 | | Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, [or] 22.021, or 22.03(a)(3), Penal |
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490 | 490 | | Code. An offense under this subsection is a Class B misdemeanor. |
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491 | 491 | | SECTION 19. Section 161.001, Family Code, is amended to |
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492 | 492 | | read as follows: |
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493 | 493 | | Sec. 161.001. INVOLUNTARY TERMINATION OF PARENT-CHILD |
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494 | 494 | | RELATIONSHIP. The court may order termination of the parent-child |
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495 | 495 | | relationship if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence: |
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496 | 496 | | (1) that the parent has: |
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497 | 497 | | (A) voluntarily left the child alone or in the |
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498 | 498 | | possession of another not the parent and expressed an intent not to |
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499 | 499 | | return; |
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500 | 500 | | (B) voluntarily left the child alone or in the |
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501 | 501 | | possession of another not the parent without expressing an intent |
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502 | 502 | | to return, without providing for the adequate support of the child, |
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503 | 503 | | and remained away for a period of at least three months; |
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504 | 504 | | (C) voluntarily left the child alone or in the |
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505 | 505 | | possession of another without providing adequate support of the |
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506 | 506 | | child and remained away for a period of at least six months; |
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507 | 507 | | (D) knowingly placed or knowingly allowed the |
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508 | 508 | | child to remain in conditions or surroundings which endanger the |
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509 | 509 | | physical or emotional well-being of the child; |
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510 | 510 | | (E) engaged in conduct or knowingly placed the |
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511 | 511 | | child with persons who engaged in conduct which endangers the |
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512 | 512 | | physical or emotional well-being of the child; |
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513 | 513 | | (F) failed to support the child in accordance |
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514 | 514 | | with the parent's ability during a period of one year ending within |
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515 | 515 | | six months of the date of the filing of the petition; |
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516 | 516 | | (G) abandoned the child without identifying the |
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517 | 517 | | child or furnishing means of identification, and the child's |
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518 | 518 | | identity cannot be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable |
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519 | 519 | | diligence; |
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520 | 520 | | (H) voluntarily, and with knowledge of the |
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521 | 521 | | pregnancy, abandoned the mother of the child beginning at a time |
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522 | 522 | | during her pregnancy with the child and continuing through the |
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523 | 523 | | birth, failed to provide adequate support or medical care for the |
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524 | 524 | | mother during the period of abandonment before the birth of the |
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525 | 525 | | child, and remained apart from the child or failed to support the |
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526 | 526 | | child since the birth; |
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527 | 527 | | (I) contumaciously refused to submit to a |
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528 | 528 | | reasonable and lawful order of a court under Subchapter D, Chapter |
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529 | 529 | | 261; |
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530 | 530 | | (J) been the major cause of: |
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531 | 531 | | (i) the failure of the child to be enrolled |
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532 | 532 | | in school as required by the Education Code; or |
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533 | 533 | | (ii) the child's absence from the child's |
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534 | 534 | | home without the consent of the parents or guardian for a |
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535 | 535 | | substantial length of time or without the intent to return; |
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536 | 536 | | (K) executed before or after the suit is filed an |
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537 | 537 | | unrevoked or irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental |
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538 | 538 | | rights as provided by this chapter; |
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539 | 539 | | (L) been convicted or has been placed on |
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540 | 540 | | community supervision, including deferred adjudication community |
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541 | 541 | | supervision, for being criminally responsible for the death or |
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542 | 542 | | serious injury of a child under the following sections of the Penal |
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543 | 543 | | Code or adjudicated under Title 3 for conduct that caused the death |
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544 | 544 | | or serious injury of a child and that would constitute a violation |
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545 | 545 | | of one of the following Penal Code sections: |
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546 | 546 | | (i) Section 19.02 (murder); |
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547 | 547 | | (ii) Section 19.03 (capital murder); |
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548 | 548 | | (iii) Section 19.04 (manslaughter); |
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549 | 549 | | (iv) Section 21.11 (indecency with a |
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550 | 550 | | child); |
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551 | 551 | | (v) Section 22.01 (assault); |
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552 | 552 | | (vi) Section 22.011 (sexual assault); |
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553 | 553 | | (vii) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault); |
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554 | 554 | | (viii) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual |
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555 | 555 | | assault); |
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556 | 556 | | (ix) Section 22.03(a)(3) (assault with |
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557 | 557 | | bodily fluids); |
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558 | 558 | | (x) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly |
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559 | 559 | | individual, or disabled individual); |
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560 | 560 | | (xi) [(x)] Section 22.041 (abandoning or |
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561 | 561 | | endangering child); |
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562 | 562 | | (xii) [(xi)] Section 25.02 (prohibited |
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563 | 563 | | sexual conduct); |
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564 | 564 | | (xiii) [(xii)] Section 43.25 (sexual |
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565 | 565 | | performance by a child); |
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566 | 566 | | (xiv) [(xiii)] Section 43.26 (possession or |
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567 | 567 | | promotion of child pornography); and |
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568 | 568 | | (xv) [(xiv)] Section 21.02 (continuous |
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569 | 569 | | sexual abuse of young child or children); |
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570 | 570 | | (M) had his or her parent-child relationship |
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571 | 571 | | terminated with respect to another child based on a finding that the |
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572 | 572 | | parent's conduct was in violation of Paragraph (D) or (E) or |
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573 | 573 | | substantially equivalent provisions of the law of another state; |
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574 | 574 | | (N) constructively abandoned the child who has |
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575 | 575 | | been in the permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the |
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576 | 576 | | Department of Family and Protective Services or an authorized |
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577 | 577 | | agency for not less than six months, and: |
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578 | 578 | | (i) the department or authorized agency has |
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579 | 579 | | made reasonable efforts to return the child to the parent; |
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580 | 580 | | (ii) the parent has not regularly visited |
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581 | 581 | | or maintained significant contact with the child; and |
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582 | 582 | | (iii) the parent has demonstrated an |
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583 | 583 | | inability to provide the child with a safe environment; |
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584 | 584 | | (O) failed to comply with the provisions of a |
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585 | 585 | | court order that specifically established the actions necessary for |
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586 | 586 | | the parent to obtain the return of the child who has been in the |
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587 | 587 | | permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the Department |
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588 | 588 | | of Family and Protective Services for not less than nine months as a |
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589 | 589 | | result of the child's removal from the parent under Chapter 262 for |
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590 | 590 | | the abuse or neglect of the child; |
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591 | 591 | | (P) used a controlled substance, as defined by |
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592 | 592 | | Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a manner that endangered the |
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593 | 593 | | health or safety of the child, and: |
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594 | 594 | | (i) failed to complete a court-ordered |
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595 | 595 | | substance abuse treatment program; or |
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596 | 596 | | (ii) after completion of a court-ordered |
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597 | 597 | | substance abuse treatment program, continued to abuse a controlled |
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598 | 598 | | substance; |
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599 | 599 | | (Q) knowingly engaged in criminal conduct that |
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600 | 600 | | has resulted in the parent's: |
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601 | 601 | | (i) conviction of an offense; and |
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602 | 602 | | (ii) confinement or imprisonment and |
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603 | 603 | | inability to care for the child for not less than two years from the |
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604 | 604 | | date of filing the petition; |
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605 | 605 | | (R) been the cause of the child being born |
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606 | 606 | | addicted to alcohol or a controlled substance, other than a |
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607 | 607 | | controlled substance legally obtained by prescription, as defined |
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608 | 608 | | by Section 261.001; |
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609 | 609 | | (S) voluntarily delivered the child to a |
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610 | 610 | | designated emergency infant care provider under Section 262.302 |
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611 | 611 | | without expressing an intent to return for the child; or |
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612 | 612 | | (T) been convicted of the murder of the other |
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613 | 613 | | parent of the child under Section 19.02 or 19.03, Penal Code, or |
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614 | 614 | | under a law of another state, federal law, the law of a foreign |
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615 | 615 | | country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains |
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616 | 616 | | elements that are substantially similar to the elements of an |
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617 | 617 | | offense under Section 19.02 or 19.03, Penal Code; and |
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618 | 618 | | (2) that termination is in the best interest of the |
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619 | 619 | | child. |
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620 | 620 | | SECTION 20. Section 161.007, Family Code, is amended to |
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621 | 621 | | read as follows: |
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622 | 622 | | Sec. 161.007. TERMINATION WHEN PREGNANCY RESULTS FROM |
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623 | 623 | | CRIMINAL ACT. The court may order the termination of the |
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624 | 624 | | parent-child relationship of a parent and a child if the court finds |
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625 | 625 | | that: |
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626 | 626 | | (1) the parent has been convicted of an offense |
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627 | 627 | | committed under Section 21.02, 22.011, 22.021, 22.03(a)(3), or |
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628 | 628 | | 25.02, Penal Code; |
---|
629 | 629 | | (2) as a direct result of the commission of the offense |
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630 | 630 | | by the parent, the victim of the offense became pregnant with the |
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631 | 631 | | parent's child; and |
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632 | 632 | | (3) termination is in the best interest of the child. |
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633 | 633 | | SECTION 21. Section 261.001(1), Family Code, is amended to |
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634 | 634 | | read as follows: |
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635 | 635 | | (1) "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions |
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636 | 636 | | by a person: |
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637 | 637 | | (A) mental or emotional injury to a child that |
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638 | 638 | | results in an observable and material impairment in the child's |
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639 | 639 | | growth, development, or psychological functioning; |
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640 | 640 | | (B) causing or permitting the child to be in a |
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641 | 641 | | situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury |
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642 | 642 | | that results in an observable and material impairment in the |
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643 | 643 | | child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; |
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644 | 644 | | (C) physical injury that results in substantial |
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645 | 645 | | harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from |
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646 | 646 | | physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at |
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647 | 647 | | variance with the history or explanation given and excluding an |
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648 | 648 | | accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or |
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649 | 649 | | managing or possessory conservator that does not expose the child |
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650 | 650 | | to a substantial risk of harm; |
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651 | 651 | | (D) failure to make a reasonable effort to |
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652 | 652 | | prevent an action by another person that results in physical injury |
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653 | 653 | | that results in substantial harm to the child; |
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654 | 654 | | (E) sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental, |
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655 | 655 | | emotional, or physical welfare, including conduct that constitutes |
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656 | 656 | | the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or children |
---|
657 | 657 | | under Section 21.02, Penal Code, indecency with a child under |
---|
658 | 658 | | Section 21.11, Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011, |
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659 | 659 | | Penal Code, [or] aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021, |
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660 | 660 | | Penal Code, or assault with bodily fluids under Section |
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661 | 661 | | 22.03(a)(3), Penal Code; |
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662 | 662 | | (F) failure to make a reasonable effort to |
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663 | 663 | | prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child; |
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664 | 664 | | (G) compelling or encouraging the child to engage |
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665 | 665 | | in sexual conduct as defined by Section 43.01, Penal Code; |
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666 | 666 | | (H) causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging |
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667 | 667 | | in, or allowing the photographing, filming, or depicting of the |
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668 | 668 | | child if the person knew or should have known that the resulting |
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669 | 669 | | photograph, film, or depiction of the child is obscene as defined by |
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670 | 670 | | Section 43.21, Penal Code, or pornographic; |
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671 | 671 | | (I) the current use by a person of a controlled |
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672 | 672 | | substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a |
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673 | 673 | | manner or to the extent that the use results in physical, mental, or |
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674 | 674 | | emotional injury to a child; |
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675 | 675 | | (J) causing, expressly permitting, or |
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676 | 676 | | encouraging a child to use a controlled substance as defined by |
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677 | 677 | | Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; or |
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678 | 678 | | (K) causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging |
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679 | 679 | | in, or allowing a sexual performance by a child as defined by |
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680 | 680 | | Section 43.25, Penal Code. |
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681 | 681 | | SECTION 22. Section 262.2015(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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682 | 682 | | read as follows: |
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683 | 683 | | (b) The court may find under Subsection (a) that a parent |
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684 | 684 | | has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances if: |
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685 | 685 | | (1) the parent abandoned the child without |
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686 | 686 | | identification or a means for identifying the child; |
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687 | 687 | | (2) the child is a victim of serious bodily injury or |
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688 | 688 | | sexual abuse inflicted by the parent or by another person with the |
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689 | 689 | | parent's consent; |
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690 | 690 | | (3) the parent has engaged in conduct against the |
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691 | 691 | | child that would constitute an offense under the following |
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692 | 692 | | provisions of the Penal Code: |
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693 | 693 | | (A) Section 19.02 (murder); |
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694 | 694 | | (B) Section 19.03 (capital murder); |
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695 | 695 | | (C) Section 19.04 (manslaughter); |
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696 | 696 | | (D) Section 21.11 (indecency with a child); |
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697 | 697 | | (E) Section 22.011 (sexual assault); |
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698 | 698 | | (F) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault); |
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699 | 699 | | (G) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault); |
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700 | 700 | | (H) Section 22.03(a)(3) (assault with bodily |
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701 | 701 | | fluids); |
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702 | 702 | | (I) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly |
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703 | 703 | | individual, or disabled individual); |
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704 | 704 | | (J) [(I)] Section 22.041 (abandoning or |
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705 | 705 | | endangering child); |
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706 | 706 | | (K) [(J)] Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual |
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707 | 707 | | conduct); |
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708 | 708 | | (L) [(K)] Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a |
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709 | 709 | | child); |
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710 | 710 | | (M) [(L)] Section 43.26 (possession or promotion |
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711 | 711 | | of child pornography); or |
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712 | 712 | | (N) [(M)] Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse |
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713 | 713 | | of young child or children); |
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714 | 714 | | (4) the parent voluntarily left the child alone or in |
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715 | 715 | | the possession of another person not the parent of the child for at |
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716 | 716 | | least six months without expressing an intent to return and without |
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717 | 717 | | providing adequate support for the child; |
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718 | 718 | | (5) the parent's parental rights with regard to |
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719 | 719 | | another child have been involuntarily terminated based on a finding |
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720 | 720 | | that the parent's conduct violated Section 161.001(1)(D) or (E) or |
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721 | 721 | | a substantially equivalent provision of another state's law; |
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722 | 722 | | (6) the parent has been convicted for: |
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723 | 723 | | (A) the murder of another child of the parent and |
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724 | 724 | | the offense would have been an offense under 18 U.S.C. Section |
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725 | 725 | | 1111(a) if the offense had occurred in the special maritime or |
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726 | 726 | | territorial jurisdiction of the United States; |
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727 | 727 | | (B) the voluntary manslaughter of another child |
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728 | 728 | | of the parent and the offense would have been an offense under 18 |
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729 | 729 | | U.S.C. Section 1112(a) if the offense had occurred in the special |
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730 | 730 | | maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States; |
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731 | 731 | | (C) aiding or abetting, attempting, conspiring, |
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732 | 732 | | or soliciting an offense under Subdivision (A) or (B); or |
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733 | 733 | | (D) the felony assault of the child or another |
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734 | 734 | | child of the parent that resulted in serious bodily injury to the |
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735 | 735 | | child or another child of the parent; or |
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736 | 736 | | (7) the parent's parental rights with regard to two |
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737 | 737 | | other children have been involuntarily terminated. |
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738 | 738 | | SECTION 23. Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, is |
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739 | 739 | | amended to read as follows: |
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740 | 740 | | (a) This section applies to a defendant who is: |
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741 | 741 | | (1) indicted or waives indictment for a felony |
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742 | 742 | | prohibited or punishable under any of the following Penal Code |
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743 | 743 | | sections: |
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744 | 744 | | (A) Section 20.04(a)(4); |
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745 | 745 | | (B) Section 21.11; |
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746 | 746 | | (C) Section 22.011; |
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747 | 747 | | (D) Section 22.021; |
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748 | 748 | | (E) Section 22.03(a)(2) or (3); |
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749 | 749 | | (F) Section 25.02; |
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750 | 750 | | (G) [(F)] Section 30.02(d); |
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751 | 751 | | (H) [(G)] Section 43.05; |
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752 | 752 | | (I) [(H)] Section 43.25; |
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753 | 753 | | (J) [(I)] Section 43.26; or |
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754 | 754 | | (K) [(J)] Section 21.02; |
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755 | 755 | | (2) arrested for a felony described by Subdivision (1) |
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756 | 756 | | after having been previously convicted of or placed on deferred |
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757 | 757 | | adjudication for an offense described by Subdivision (1) or an |
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758 | 758 | | offense punishable under Section 30.02(c)(2), Penal Code; or |
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759 | 759 | | (3) convicted of an offense under Section 21.07 or |
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760 | 760 | | 21.08, Penal Code. |
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761 | 761 | | SECTION 24. Section 420.003(4), Government Code, is amended |
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762 | 762 | | to read as follows: |
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763 | 763 | | (4) "Sexual assault" means any act or attempted act as |
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764 | 764 | | described by Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 22.03(a)(2) or |
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765 | 765 | | (3), or 25.02, Penal Code. |
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766 | 766 | | SECTION 25. Section 501.061(a), Government Code, is amended |
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767 | 767 | | to read as follows: |
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768 | 768 | | (a) A physician employed or retained by the department may |
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769 | 769 | | perform an orchiectomy on an inmate only if: |
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770 | 770 | | (1) the inmate has been convicted of an offense under |
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771 | 771 | | Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011(a)(2), [or] 22.021(a)(2)(B), or |
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772 | 772 | | 22.03(a)(3), Penal Code, and has previously been convicted under |
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773 | 773 | | one or more of those sections; |
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774 | 774 | | (2) the inmate is 21 years of age or older; |
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775 | 775 | | (3) the inmate requests the procedure in writing; |
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776 | 776 | | (4) the inmate signs a statement admitting the inmate |
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777 | 777 | | committed the offense described by Subsection (a)(1) for which the |
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778 | 778 | | inmate has been convicted; |
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779 | 779 | | (5) a psychiatrist and a psychologist who are |
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780 | 780 | | appointed by the department and have experience in the treatment of |
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781 | 781 | | sex offenders: |
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782 | 782 | | (A) evaluate the inmate and determine that the |
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783 | 783 | | inmate is a suitable candidate for the procedure; and |
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784 | 784 | | (B) counsel the inmate before the inmate |
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785 | 785 | | undergoes the procedure; |
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786 | 786 | | (6) the physician obtains the inmate's informed, |
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787 | 787 | | written consent to undergo the procedure; |
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788 | 788 | | (7) the inmate has not previously requested that the |
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789 | 789 | | department perform the procedure and subsequently withdrawn the |
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790 | 790 | | request; and |
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791 | 791 | | (8) the inmate consults with a monitor as provided by |
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792 | 792 | | Subsection (f). |
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793 | 793 | | SECTION 26. Section 508.046, Government Code, is amended to |
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794 | 794 | | read as follows: |
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795 | 795 | | Sec. 508.046. EXTRAORDINARY VOTE REQUIRED. To release on |
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796 | 796 | | parole an inmate who was convicted of an offense under Section |
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797 | 797 | | 21.02, 21.11(a)(1), [or] 22.021, or 22.03(a)(3), Penal Code, or who |
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798 | 798 | | is required under Section 508.145(c) to serve 35 calendar years |
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799 | 799 | | before becoming eligible for release on parole, all members of the |
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800 | 800 | | board must vote on the release on parole of the inmate, and at least |
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801 | 801 | | two-thirds of the members must vote in favor of the release on |
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802 | 802 | | parole. A member of the board may not vote on the release unless the |
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803 | 803 | | member first receives a copy of a written report from the department |
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804 | 804 | | on the probability that the inmate would commit an offense after |
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805 | 805 | | being released on parole. |
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806 | 806 | | SECTION 27. Section 508.145(d), Government Code, is amended |
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807 | 807 | | to read as follows: |
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808 | 808 | | (d) An inmate serving a sentence for an offense described by |
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809 | 809 | | Section 3g(a)(1)(A), (C), (D), (E), (F), (G), (H), [or] (I), (J), or |
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810 | 810 | | (K), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or for an offense |
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811 | 811 | | for which the judgment contains an affirmative finding under |
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812 | 812 | | Section 3g(a)(2) of that article, is not eligible for release on |
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813 | 813 | | parole until the inmate's actual calendar time served, without |
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814 | 814 | | consideration of good conduct time, equals one-half of the sentence |
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815 | 815 | | or 30 calendar years, whichever is less, but in no event is the |
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816 | 816 | | inmate eligible for release on parole in less than two calendar |
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817 | 817 | | years. |
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818 | 818 | | SECTION 28. Section 508.149(a), Government Code, is amended |
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819 | 819 | | to read as follows: |
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820 | 820 | | (a) An inmate may not be released to mandatory supervision |
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821 | 821 | | if the inmate is serving a sentence for or has been previously |
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822 | 822 | | convicted of: |
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823 | 823 | | (1) an offense for which the judgment contains an |
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824 | 824 | | affirmative finding under Section 3g(a)(2), Article 42.12, Code of |
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825 | 825 | | Criminal Procedure; |
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826 | 826 | | (2) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
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827 | 827 | | under Section 19.02, Penal Code; |
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828 | 828 | | (3) a capital felony under Section 19.03, Penal Code; |
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829 | 829 | | (4) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
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830 | 830 | | under Section 20.04, Penal Code; |
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831 | 831 | | (5) an offense under Section 21.11, Penal Code; |
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832 | 832 | | (6) a felony under Section 22.011, Penal Code; |
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833 | 833 | | (7) a first degree felony or a second degree felony |
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834 | 834 | | under Section 22.02, Penal Code; |
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835 | 835 | | (8) a first degree felony under Section 22.021, Penal |
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836 | 836 | | Code; |
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837 | 837 | | (9) a first degree felony under Section 22.04, Penal |
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838 | 838 | | Code; |
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839 | 839 | | (10) a first degree felony under Section 28.02, Penal |
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840 | 840 | | Code; |
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841 | 841 | | (11) a second degree felony under Section 29.02, Penal |
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842 | 842 | | Code; |
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843 | 843 | | (12) a first degree felony under Section 29.03, Penal |
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844 | 844 | | Code; |
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845 | 845 | | (13) a first degree felony under Section 30.02, Penal |
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846 | 846 | | Code; |
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847 | 847 | | (14) a felony for which the punishment is increased |
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848 | 848 | | under Section 481.134 or Section 481.140, Health and Safety Code; |
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849 | 849 | | (15) an offense under Section 43.25, Penal Code; [or] |
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850 | 850 | | (16) an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code; or |
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851 | 851 | | (17) a felony under Section 22.03, Penal Code. |
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852 | 852 | | SECTION 29. Section 508.187(a), Government Code, is amended |
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853 | 853 | | to read as follows: |
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854 | 854 | | (a) This section applies only to a releasee serving a |
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855 | 855 | | sentence for an offense under: |
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856 | 856 | | (1) Section 43.25 or 43.26, Penal Code; |
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857 | 857 | | (2) Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, |
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858 | 858 | | 22.03(a)(3), or 25.02, Penal Code; |
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859 | 859 | | (3) Section 20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the releasee |
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860 | 860 | | committed the offense with the intent to violate or abuse the victim |
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861 | 861 | | sexually; or |
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862 | 862 | | (4) Section 30.02, Penal Code, punishable under |
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863 | 863 | | Subsection (d) of that section, if the releasee committed the |
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864 | 864 | | offense with the intent to commit a felony listed in Subdivision (2) |
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865 | 865 | | or (3). |
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866 | 866 | | SECTION 30. Section 508.189(a), Government Code, is amended |
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867 | 867 | | to read as follows: |
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868 | 868 | | (a) A parole panel shall require as a condition of parole or |
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869 | 869 | | mandatory supervision that a releasee convicted of an offense under |
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870 | 870 | | Section 21.02, 21.08, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 22.03(a)(2) or (3), |
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871 | 871 | | 25.02, 43.25, or 43.26, Penal Code, pay to the division a parole |
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872 | 872 | | supervision fee of $5 each month during the period of parole |
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873 | 873 | | supervision. |
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874 | 874 | | SECTION 31. Section 242.126(c), Health and Safety Code, is |
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875 | 875 | | amended to read as follows: |
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876 | 876 | | (c) The agency shall begin the investigation: |
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877 | 877 | | (1) within 24 hours of receipt of the report or other |
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878 | 878 | | allegation, if the report of abuse or neglect or other complaint |
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879 | 879 | | alleges that: |
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880 | 880 | | (A) a resident's health or safety is in imminent |
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881 | 881 | | danger; |
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882 | 882 | | (B) a resident has recently died because of |
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883 | 883 | | conduct alleged in the report of abuse or neglect or other |
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884 | 884 | | complaint; |
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885 | 885 | | (C) a resident has been hospitalized or been |
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886 | 886 | | treated in an emergency room because of conduct alleged in the |
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887 | 887 | | report of abuse or neglect or other complaint; |
---|
888 | 888 | | (D) a resident has been a victim of any act or |
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889 | 889 | | attempted act described by Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, [or] |
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890 | 890 | | 22.021, or 22.03(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code; or |
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891 | 891 | | (E) a resident has suffered bodily injury, as |
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892 | 892 | | that term is defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, because of conduct |
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893 | 893 | | alleged in the report of abuse or neglect or other complaint; or |
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894 | 894 | | (2) before the end of the next working day after the |
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895 | 895 | | date of receipt of the report of abuse or neglect or other |
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896 | 896 | | complaint, if the report or complaint alleges the existence of |
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897 | 897 | | circumstances that could result in abuse or neglect and that could |
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898 | 898 | | place a resident's health or safety in imminent danger. |
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899 | 899 | | SECTION 32. Section 250.006(a), Health and Safety Code, is |
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900 | 900 | | amended to read as follows: |
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901 | 901 | | (a) A person for whom the facility is entitled to obtain |
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902 | 902 | | criminal history record information may not be employed in a |
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903 | 903 | | facility if the person has been convicted of an offense listed in |
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904 | 904 | | this subsection: |
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905 | 905 | | (1) an offense under Chapter 19, Penal Code (criminal |
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906 | 906 | | homicide); |
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907 | 907 | | (2) an offense under Chapter 20, Penal Code |
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908 | 908 | | (kidnapping and unlawful restraint); |
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909 | 909 | | (3) an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code |
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910 | 910 | | (continuous sexual abuse of young child or children), or Section |
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911 | 911 | | 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a child); |
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912 | 912 | | (4) an offense under Section 22.011, Penal Code |
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913 | 913 | | (sexual assault); |
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914 | 914 | | (5) an offense under Section 22.02, Penal Code |
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915 | 915 | | (aggravated assault), or Section 22.03(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code |
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916 | 916 | | (assault with bodily fluids); |
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917 | 917 | | (6) an offense under Section 22.04, Penal Code (injury |
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918 | 918 | | to a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual); |
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919 | 919 | | (7) an offense under Section 22.041, Penal Code |
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920 | 920 | | (abandoning or endangering child); |
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921 | 921 | | (8) an offense under Section 22.08, Penal Code (aiding |
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922 | 922 | | suicide); |
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923 | 923 | | (9) an offense under Section 25.031, Penal Code |
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924 | 924 | | (agreement to abduct from custody); |
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925 | 925 | | (10) an offense under Section 25.08, Penal Code (sale |
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926 | 926 | | or purchase of a child); |
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927 | 927 | | (11) an offense under Section 28.02, Penal Code |
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928 | 928 | | (arson); |
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929 | 929 | | (12) an offense under Section 29.02, Penal Code |
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930 | 930 | | (robbery); |
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931 | 931 | | (13) an offense under Section 29.03, Penal Code |
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932 | 932 | | (aggravated robbery); |
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933 | 933 | | (14) an offense under Section 21.08, Penal Code |
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934 | 934 | | (indecent exposure); |
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935 | 935 | | (15) an offense under Section 21.12, Penal Code |
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936 | 936 | | (improper relationship between educator and student); |
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937 | 937 | | (16) an offense under Section 21.15, Penal Code |
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938 | 938 | | (improper photography or visual recording); |
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939 | 939 | | (17) an offense under Section 22.05, Penal Code |
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940 | 940 | | (deadly conduct); |
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941 | 941 | | (18) an offense under Section 22.021, Penal Code |
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942 | 942 | | (aggravated sexual assault); |
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943 | 943 | | (19) an offense under Section 22.07, Penal Code |
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944 | 944 | | (terroristic threat); |
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945 | 945 | | (20) an offense under Section 33.021, Penal Code |
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946 | 946 | | (online solicitation of a minor); |
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947 | 947 | | (21) an offense under Section 34.02, Penal Code (money |
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948 | 948 | | laundering); |
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949 | 949 | | (22) an offense under Section 35A.02, Penal Code |
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950 | 950 | | (Medicaid fraud); |
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951 | 951 | | (23) an offense under Section 42.09, Penal Code |
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952 | 952 | | (cruelty to animals); or |
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953 | 953 | | (24) a conviction under the laws of another state, |
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954 | 954 | | federal law, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice for an offense |
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955 | 955 | | containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements |
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956 | 956 | | of an offense listed by this subsection. |
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957 | 957 | | SECTION 33. Section 841.002(8), Health and Safety Code, is |
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958 | 958 | | amended to read as follows: |
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959 | 959 | | (8) "Sexually violent offense" means: |
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960 | 960 | | (A) an offense under Section 21.02, 21.11(a)(1), |
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961 | 961 | | 22.011, [or] 22.021, or 22.03(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code; |
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962 | 962 | | (B) an offense under Section 20.04(a)(4), Penal |
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963 | 963 | | Code, if the person committed the offense with the intent to violate |
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964 | 964 | | or abuse the victim sexually; |
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965 | 965 | | (C) an offense under Section 30.02, Penal Code, |
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966 | 966 | | if the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section |
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967 | 967 | | and the person committed the offense with the intent to commit an |
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968 | 968 | | offense listed in Paragraph (A) or (B); |
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969 | 969 | | (D) an offense under Section 19.02 or 19.03, |
---|
970 | 970 | | Penal Code, that, during the guilt or innocence phase or the |
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971 | 971 | | punishment phase for the offense, during the adjudication or |
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972 | 972 | | disposition of delinquent conduct constituting the offense, or |
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973 | 973 | | subsequently during a civil commitment proceeding under Subchapter |
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974 | 974 | | D, is determined beyond a reasonable doubt to have been based on |
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975 | 975 | | sexually motivated conduct; |
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976 | 976 | | (E) an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as |
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977 | 977 | | defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense listed in |
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978 | 978 | | Paragraph (A), (B), (C), or (D); |
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979 | 979 | | (F) an offense under prior state law that |
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980 | 980 | | contains elements substantially similar to the elements of an |
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981 | 981 | | offense listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E); or |
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982 | 982 | | (G) an offense under the law of another state, |
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983 | 983 | | federal law, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains |
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984 | 984 | | elements substantially similar to the elements of an offense listed |
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985 | 985 | | in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), or (E). |
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986 | 986 | | SECTION 34. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) of this |
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987 | 987 | | section, the change in law made by this Act applies only to an |
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988 | 988 | | offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An |
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989 | 989 | | offense committed before the effective date of this Act is governed |
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990 | 990 | | by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the former |
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991 | 991 | | law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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992 | 992 | | subsection, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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993 | 993 | | this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that |
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994 | 994 | | date. |
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995 | 995 | | (b) The change in law made by this Act to Section 841.002, |
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996 | 996 | | Health and Safety Code, applies only to an individual who on or |
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997 | 997 | | after the effective date of this Act is serving a sentence in the |
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998 | 998 | | Texas Department of Criminal Justice or is committed to the |
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999 | 999 | | Department of State Health Services or the Department of Aging and |
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1000 | 1000 | | Disability Services for an offense committed before, on, or after |
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1001 | 1001 | | the effective date of this Act. |
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1002 | 1002 | | SECTION 35. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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