| 1 | 1 | | 82R458 GCB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dukes, Zedler H.B. No. 940 |
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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 persons subject to prosecution for improper |
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| 8 | 8 | | relationship between educator and student. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 21.12(a), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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| 11 | 11 | | as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (a) An employee of a public or private primary or secondary |
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| 13 | 13 | | school commits an offense if the employee engages in: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (1) sexual contact, sexual intercourse, or deviate |
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| 15 | 15 | | sexual intercourse with a person who is: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (A) enrolled in a public or private primary or |
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| 17 | 17 | | secondary school at which the employee works; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (B) enrolled in a public primary or secondary |
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| 19 | 19 | | school in the same school district as the school at which the |
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| 20 | 20 | | employee works; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (C) a participant in an educational activity that |
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| 22 | 22 | | is sponsored by a school district or a public or private primary or |
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| 23 | 23 | | secondary school, if: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (i) students enrolled in a public or |
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| 25 | 25 | | private primary or secondary school are the primary participants in |
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| 26 | 26 | | the activity; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (ii) the employee provides educational |
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| 28 | 28 | | services to those participants; or |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) conduct described by Section 33.021, with a person |
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| 30 | 30 | | described by Subdivision (1), regardless of the age of that person. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 32 | 32 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 33 | 33 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 34 | 34 | | governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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| 35 | 35 | | the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 36 | 36 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 37 | 37 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 38 | 38 | | before that date. |
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| 39 | 39 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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