84R6539 ADM-F
By: Bonnen of Galveston H.B. No. 888
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of making a false report
or statement regarding a missing child; increasing a criminal
penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.081(b), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor,
except that the offense is a Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on
the trial of the offense that the false report or statement was made
in reference to a child younger than 14 years of age.
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
governed 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, 2015.