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| 1 | 1 | 84R6539 ADM-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Bonnen of Galveston H.B. No. 888 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the punishment for the offense of making a false report | |
| 8 | 8 | or statement regarding a missing child; increasing a criminal | |
| 9 | 9 | penalty. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 37.081(b), Penal Code, is amended to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor, | |
| 14 | 14 | except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on | |
| 15 | 15 | the trial of the offense that the false report or statement was made | |
| 16 | 16 | in reference to a child younger than 14 years of age. | |
| 17 | 17 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 18 | 18 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 19 | 19 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 20 | 20 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 21 | 21 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 22 | 22 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 23 | 23 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 24 | 24 | before that date. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |