83R10533 JSL-D
By: West S.B. No. 1124
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to certain offenses relevant to maintaining public school
discipline.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.01(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(c) For purposes of this section:
(1) an act is deemed to occur in a public place or near
a private residence if it produces its offensive or proscribed
consequences in the public place or near a private residence; [and]
(2) a noise is presumed to be unreasonable if the noise
exceeds a decibel level of 85 after the person making the noise
receives notice from a magistrate or peace officer that the noise is
a public nuisance; and
(3) school property, as defined by Section
37.124(c)(3), Education Code, is deemed to be a public place,
notwithstanding Section 1.07(40).
SECTION 2. Section 25.094(a), Education Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(a) An individual commits an offense if the individual:
(1) is 12 years of age or older and younger than 21
[18] years of age;
(2) is required to attend school under Section 25.085
or a school district policy adopted under that section; and
(3) fails to attend school on 10 or more days or parts
of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on
three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period.
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 governed
by the law in effect immediately before the effective date of this
Act, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.