85R10507 AJZ-D
By: Isaac H.B. No. 2283
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the offense of sexual assault.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 22.011(c)(5), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(5) "Employee of a facility" means a person who is an
employee of a child-care facility as defined by Section 42.002,
Human Resources Code, or an employee of a facility defined by
Section 250.001, Health and Safety Code, or any other person who
provides services for a facility for compensation, including a
contract laborer.
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, 2017.