S.B. No. 524
AN ACT
relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of abuse of a
corpse.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 42.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony,
except that an offense under Subsection (a)(5) is a Class A
misdemeanor.
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.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 524 passed the Senate on
April 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 524 passed the House on
May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, three
present not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor