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| 1 | 1 | 86R3080 JRR-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Huffman S.B. No. 1729 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the prosecution of the offense of aggravated | |
| 8 | 8 | kidnapping; creating a criminal offense. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 20.04, Penal Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b-1) A person commits an offense if the person | |
| 13 | 13 | intentionally or knowingly abducts a child younger than 18 years of | |
| 14 | 14 | age. | |
| 15 | 15 | (b-2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under | |
| 16 | 16 | Subsection (b-1) that: | |
| 17 | 17 | (1) the abduction was not coupled with intent to use or | |
| 18 | 18 | to threaten to use deadly force; | |
| 19 | 19 | (2) the actor was a relative of the victim; and | |
| 20 | 20 | (3) the actor's sole intent was to assume lawful | |
| 21 | 21 | control of the victim. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 23 | 23 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 24 | 24 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 25 | 25 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 26 | 26 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 27 | 27 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 28 | 28 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 29 | 29 | before that date. | |
| 30 | 30 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |