By: Hilderbran (Senate Sponsor - Patrick) H.B. No. 260
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 26, 2011;
April 29, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Criminal Justice; May 17, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 17, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution and punishment of unlawful transport of
a person.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 20.05, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a [state jail] felony
of the second degree.
(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section
also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the
actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both
sections.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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