83R7862 JSL-F
By: Giddings H.B. No. 1231
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the application of the offenses of disrupting public
school classes or transportation to persons younger than 12 years
of age.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.124(d), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(d) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a)
that, at the time the person engaged in conduct prohibited under
that subsection, the person was younger than 12 years of age [a
student in the sixth grade or a lower grade level].
SECTION 2. Section 37.126(c), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection
(a)(1) that, at the time the person engaged in conduct prohibited
under that subdivision, the person was younger than 12 years of age
[a student in the sixth grade or a lower grade level].
SECTION 3. The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 when 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 was committed before that date.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.