H.B. No. 290
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to
children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 43.251(c), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
except that the offense is:
(1) a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of
the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted one
time of an offense under this section; and
(2) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the
trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously
convicted two or more times of an offense under this section.
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
covered 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.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 290 was passed by the House on April
26, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 2 present, not
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
No. 290 on May 27, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 136, Nays 1, 2
present, not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 290 was passed by the Senate, with
amendments, on May 25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
0
.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________
Date
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Governor