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| 1 | - | By: Birdwell S.B. No. 524 | |
| 2 | - | (Geren) | |
| 1 | + | S.B. No. 524 | |
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| 5 | - | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 4 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 5 | relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of abuse of a | |
| 8 | 6 | corpse. | |
| 9 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 42.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read | |
| 11 | 9 | as follows: | |
| 12 | 10 | (b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony, | |
| 13 | 11 | except that an offense under Subsection (a)(5) is a Class A | |
| 14 | 12 | misdemeanor. | |
| 15 | 13 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 16 | 14 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 17 | 15 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 18 | 16 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 19 | 17 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 20 | 18 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 21 | 19 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 22 | 20 | before that date. | |
| 23 | 21 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | |
| 22 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ | |
| 23 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House | |
| 24 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 524 passed the Senate on | |
| 25 | + | April 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | |
| 26 | + | ______________________________ | |
| 27 | + | Secretary of the Senate | |
| 28 | + | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 524 passed the House on | |
| 29 | + | May 22, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, three | |
| 30 | + | present not voting. | |
| 31 | + | ______________________________ | |
| 32 | + | Chief Clerk of the House | |
| 33 | + | Approved: | |
| 34 | + | ______________________________ | |
| 35 | + | Date | |
| 36 | + | ______________________________ | |
| 37 | + | Governor |