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7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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9 | 9 | | relating to changing the name of the offense of child pornography to |
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10 | 10 | | child sexual abuse material and to updating references to conform |
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11 | 11 | | to that terminology. |
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12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 43.26, Penal Code, is |
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14 | 14 | | amended to read as follows: |
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15 | 15 | | Sec. 43.26. POSSESSION OR PROMOTION OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE |
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16 | 16 | | MATERIAL [PORNOGRAPHY]. |
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17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. The heading to Chapter 110, Business & Commerce |
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18 | 18 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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19 | 19 | | CHAPTER 110. COMPUTER TECHNICIANS REQUIRED TO REPORT CHILD SEXUAL |
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20 | 20 | | ABUSE MATERIAL [PORNOGRAPHY] |
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21 | 21 | | SECTION 3. Section 110.001(1), Business & Commerce Code, is |
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22 | 22 | | amended to read as follows: |
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23 | 23 | | (1) "Child sexual abuse material [pornography]" means |
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24 | 24 | | an image of a child engaging in sexual conduct or sexual |
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25 | 25 | | performance. |
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26 | 26 | | SECTION 4. The heading to Section 110.002, Business & |
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27 | 27 | | Commerce Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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28 | 28 | | Sec. 110.002. REPORTING OF IMAGES OF CHILD SEXUAL ABUSE |
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29 | 29 | | MATERIAL [PORNOGRAPHY]. |
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30 | 30 | | SECTION 5. Sections 110.002(a) and (c), Business & Commerce |
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31 | 31 | | Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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32 | 32 | | (a) A computer technician who, in the course and scope of |
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33 | 33 | | employment or business, views an image on a computer that is or |
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34 | 34 | | appears to be child sexual abuse material [pornography] shall |
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35 | 35 | | immediately report the discovery of the image to a local or state |
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36 | 36 | | law enforcement agency or the Cyber Tipline at the National Center |
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37 | 37 | | for Missing and Exploited Children. The report must include the |
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38 | 38 | | name and address of the owner or person claiming a right to |
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39 | 39 | | possession of the computer, if known, and as permitted by federal |
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40 | 40 | | law. |
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41 | 41 | | (c) A telecommunications provider, commercial mobile |
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42 | 42 | | service provider, or information service provider may not be held |
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43 | 43 | | liable under this chapter for the failure to report child sexual |
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44 | 44 | | abuse material [pornography] that is transmitted or stored by a |
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45 | 45 | | user of the service. |
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46 | 46 | | SECTION 6. Section 110.003(b), Business & Commerce Code, is |
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47 | 47 | | amended to read as follows: |
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48 | 48 | | (b) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that |
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49 | 49 | | the actor did not report the discovery of an image of child sexual |
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50 | 50 | | abuse material [pornography] because the child in the image |
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51 | 51 | | appeared to be at least 18 years of age. |
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52 | 52 | | SECTION 7. Section 509.053(a), Business & Commerce Code, as |
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53 | 53 | | added by Chapter 795 (H.B. 18), Acts of the 88th Legislature, |
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54 | 54 | | Regular Session, 2023, is amended to read as follows: |
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55 | 55 | | (a) In relation to a known minor's use of a digital service, |
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56 | 56 | | a digital service provider shall develop and implement a strategy |
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57 | 57 | | to prevent the known minor's exposure to harmful material and other |
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58 | 58 | | content that promotes, glorifies, or facilitates: |
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59 | 59 | | (1) suicide, self-harm, or eating disorders; |
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60 | 60 | | (2) substance abuse; |
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61 | 61 | | (3) stalking, bullying, or harassment; or |
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62 | 62 | | (4) grooming, trafficking, child sexual abuse |
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63 | 63 | | material [pornography], or other sexual exploitation or abuse. |
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64 | 64 | | SECTION 8. Section 129B.004, Civil Practice and Remedies |
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65 | 65 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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66 | 66 | | Sec. 129B.004. SEXUAL MATERIALS HEALTH WARNINGS. A |
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67 | 67 | | commercial entity required to use reasonable age verification |
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68 | 68 | | methods under Section 129B.002(a) shall: |
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69 | 69 | | (1) display the following notices on the landing page |
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70 | 70 | | of the Internet website on which sexual material harmful to minors |
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71 | 71 | | is published or distributed and all advertisements for that |
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72 | 72 | | Internet website in 14-point font or larger: |
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73 | 73 | | "TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WARNING: Pornography |
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74 | 74 | | is potentially biologically addictive, is proven to harm human |
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75 | 75 | | brain development, desensitizes brain reward circuits, increases |
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76 | 76 | | conditioned responses, and weakens brain function." |
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77 | 77 | | "TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WARNING: Exposure to |
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78 | 78 | | this content is associated with low self-esteem and body image, |
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79 | 79 | | eating disorders, impaired brain development, and other emotional |
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80 | 80 | | and mental illnesses." |
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81 | 81 | | "TEXAS HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES WARNING: Pornography |
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82 | 82 | | increases the demand for prostitution, child exploitation, and |
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83 | 83 | | child sexual abuse material [pornography]."; and |
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84 | 84 | | (2) display the following notice at the bottom of |
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85 | 85 | | every page of the Internet website in 14-point font or larger: |
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86 | 86 | | "U.S. SUBSTANCE ABUSE AND MENTAL HEALTH SERVICES ADMINISTRATION |
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87 | 87 | | HELPLINE: |
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88 | 88 | | 1-800-662-HELP (4357) THIS HELPLINE IS A FREE, CONFIDENTIAL |
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89 | 89 | | INFORMATION SERVICE (IN ENGLISH OR SPANISH) OPEN 24 HOURS PER DAY, |
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90 | 90 | | FOR INDIVIDUALS AND FAMILY MEMBERS FACING MENTAL HEALTH OR |
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91 | 91 | | SUBSTANCE USE DISORDERS. THE SERVICE PROVIDES REFERRAL TO LOCAL |
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92 | 92 | | TREATMENT FACILITIES, SUPPORT GROUPS, AND COMMUNITY-BASED |
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93 | 93 | | ORGANIZATIONS." |
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94 | 94 | | SECTION 9. Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
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95 | 95 | | amended by Chapters 93 (S.B. 1527), 118 (H.B. 467), 127 (H.B. 1207), |
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96 | 96 | | 422 (H.B. 1769), 520 (H.B. 3025), 689 (H.B. 1506), 704 (H.B. 2019), |
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97 | 97 | | 709 (H.B. 2190), 768 (H.B. 4595), 830 (H.B. 2187), 885 (H.B. 4635), |
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98 | 98 | | and 1041 (S.B. 129), Acts of the 88th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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99 | 99 | | 2023, is reenacted and amended to read as follows: |
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100 | 100 | | Art. 12.01. FELONIES. Except as provided in Articles |
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101 | 101 | | 12.015 and 12.03, felony indictments may be presented within these |
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102 | 102 | | limits, and not afterward: |
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103 | 103 | | (1) no limitation: |
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104 | 104 | | (A) murder and manslaughter; |
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105 | 105 | | (B) sexual assault under Section 22.011(a)(2), |
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106 | 106 | | Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section |
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107 | 107 | | 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code; |
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108 | 108 | | (C) sexual assault, if: |
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109 | 109 | | (i) during the investigation of the offense |
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110 | 110 | | biological matter is collected and the matter: |
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111 | 111 | | (a) has not yet been subjected to |
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112 | 112 | | forensic DNA testing; or |
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113 | 113 | | (b) has been subjected to forensic DNA |
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114 | 114 | | testing and the testing results show that the matter does not match |
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115 | 115 | | the victim or any other person whose identity is readily |
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116 | 116 | | ascertained; or |
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117 | 117 | | (ii) probable cause exists to believe that |
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118 | 118 | | the defendant has committed the same or a similar sex offense |
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119 | 119 | | against five or more victims; |
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120 | 120 | | (D) continuous sexual abuse of young child or |
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121 | 121 | | disabled individual under Section 21.02, Penal Code; |
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122 | 122 | | (E) indecency with a child under Section 21.11, |
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123 | 123 | | Penal Code; |
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124 | 124 | | (F) an offense involving leaving the scene of a |
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125 | 125 | | collision under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the |
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126 | 126 | | collision resulted in the death of a person; |
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127 | 127 | | (G) trafficking of persons under Section |
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128 | 128 | | 20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code; |
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129 | 129 | | (H) continuous trafficking of persons under |
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130 | 130 | | Section 20A.03, Penal Code; |
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131 | 131 | | (I) compelling prostitution under Section |
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132 | 132 | | 43.05(a)(2) or (3), Penal Code; [or] |
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133 | 133 | | (J) tampering with physical evidence under |
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134 | 134 | | Section 37.09(a)(1) or (d)(1), Penal Code, if: |
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135 | 135 | | (i) the evidence tampered with is a human |
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136 | 136 | | corpse, as defined by that section; or |
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137 | 137 | | (ii) the investigation of the offense shows |
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138 | 138 | | that a reasonable person in the position of the defendant at the |
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139 | 139 | | time of the commission of the offense would have cause to believe |
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140 | 140 | | that the evidence tampered with is related to a criminal homicide |
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141 | 141 | | under Chapter 19, Penal Code; |
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142 | 142 | | (K) [(J)] interference with child custody under |
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143 | 143 | | Section 25.03(a)(3), Penal Code; or |
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144 | 144 | | (L) [(J)] burglary under Section 30.02, Penal |
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145 | 145 | | Code, if: |
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146 | 146 | | (i) the offense is punishable under |
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147 | 147 | | Subsection (d) of that section because the defendant entered a |
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148 | 148 | | habitation with the intent to commit an offense under Section |
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149 | 149 | | 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code; and |
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150 | 150 | | (ii) during the investigation of the |
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151 | 151 | | offense biological matter is collected and the matter: |
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152 | 152 | | (a) has not yet been subjected to |
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153 | 153 | | forensic DNA testing; or |
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154 | 154 | | (b) has been subjected to forensic DNA |
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155 | 155 | | testing and the testing results show that the matter does not match |
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156 | 156 | | the victim or any other person whose identity is readily |
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157 | 157 | | ascertained; |
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158 | 158 | | (2) ten years from the date of the commission of the |
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159 | 159 | | offense: |
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160 | 160 | | (A) theft of any estate, real, personal or mixed, |
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161 | 161 | | by an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, with intent to |
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162 | 162 | | defraud any creditor, heir, legatee, ward, distributee, |
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163 | 163 | | beneficiary or settlor of a trust interested in such estate; |
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164 | 164 | | (B) theft by a public servant of government |
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165 | 165 | | property over which the public servant exercises control in the |
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166 | 166 | | public servant's official capacity; |
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167 | 167 | | (C) forgery or the uttering, using, or passing of |
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168 | 168 | | forged instruments; |
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169 | 169 | | (D) injury to an elderly or disabled individual |
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170 | 170 | | punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04, |
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171 | 171 | | Penal Code; |
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172 | 172 | | (E) sexual assault, except as provided by |
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173 | 173 | | Subdivision (1) or (9) [(8)]; |
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174 | 174 | | (F) arson; |
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175 | 175 | | (G) trafficking of persons under Section |
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176 | 176 | | 20A.02(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), Penal Code; or |
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177 | 177 | | (H) compelling prostitution under Section |
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178 | 178 | | 43.05(a)(1), Penal Code; |
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179 | 179 | | (3) seven years from the date of the commission of the |
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180 | 180 | | offense: |
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181 | 181 | | (A) misapplication of fiduciary property or |
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182 | 182 | | property of a financial institution; |
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183 | 183 | | (B) fraudulent securing of document execution; |
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184 | 184 | | (C) a felony violation under Chapter 162, Tax |
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185 | 185 | | Code; |
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186 | 186 | | (D) false statement to obtain property or credit |
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187 | 187 | | under Section 32.32, Penal Code; |
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188 | 188 | | (E) money laundering; |
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189 | 189 | | (F) credit card or debit card abuse under Section |
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190 | 190 | | 32.31, Penal Code; |
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191 | 191 | | (G) fraudulent use or possession of identifying |
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192 | 192 | | information under Section 32.51, Penal Code; |
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193 | 193 | | (H) exploitation of a child, elderly individual, |
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194 | 194 | | or disabled individual under Section 32.53, Penal Code; |
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195 | 195 | | (I) health care fraud under Section 35A.02, Penal |
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196 | 196 | | Code; |
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197 | 197 | | (J) bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code, |
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198 | 198 | | except as provided by Subdivision (7); or |
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199 | 199 | | (K) possession or promotion of child sexual abuse |
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200 | 200 | | material [pornography] under Section 43.26, Penal Code; |
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201 | 201 | | (4) five years from the date of the commission of the |
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202 | 202 | | offense: |
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203 | 203 | | (A) theft or robbery; |
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204 | 204 | | (B) except as provided by Subdivision (5), |
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205 | 205 | | kidnapping; |
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206 | 206 | | (C) [(B-1)] except as provided by Subdivision |
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207 | 207 | | (1) or (5), burglary; |
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208 | 208 | | (D) [(C)] injury to an elderly or disabled |
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209 | 209 | | individual that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree |
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210 | 210 | | under Section 22.04, Penal Code; |
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211 | 211 | | (E) [(D)] abandoning or endangering an [a |
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212 | 212 | | child,] elderly [individual,] or disabled individual; |
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213 | 213 | | (F) [(E)] insurance fraud; |
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214 | 214 | | (G) [(F)] assault under Section 22.01, Penal |
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215 | 215 | | Code, if the assault was committed against a person whose |
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216 | 216 | | relationship to or association with the defendant is described by |
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217 | 217 | | Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, Family Code; |
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218 | 218 | | (H) [(G)] continuous violence against the family |
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219 | 219 | | under Section 25.11, Penal Code; or |
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220 | 220 | | (I) [(H)] aggravated assault under Section |
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221 | 221 | | 22.02, Penal Code; |
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222 | 222 | | (5) if the investigation of the offense shows that the |
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223 | 223 | | victim is younger than 17 years of age at the time the offense is |
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224 | 224 | | committed, 20 years from the 18th birthday of the victim of one of |
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225 | 225 | | the following offenses: |
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226 | 226 | | (A) kidnapping under Section 20.03, Penal Code, |
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227 | 227 | | or aggravated kidnapping under Section 20.04, Penal Code; or |
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228 | 228 | | (B) subject to Subdivision (1)(L) [(1)(J)], |
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229 | 229 | | burglary under Section 30.02, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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230 | 230 | | punishable under Subsection (d) of that section because the |
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231 | 231 | | defendant entered a habitation with the intent to commit an offense |
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232 | 232 | | described by Subdivision (1)(B) or (D) of this article or Paragraph |
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233 | 233 | | (A) of this subdivision; |
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234 | 234 | | (6) 20 years from the 18th birthday of the victim of |
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235 | 235 | | one of the following offenses: |
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236 | 236 | | (A) trafficking of a child [persons] under |
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237 | 237 | | Section 20A.02(a)(5) or (6), Penal Code; or |
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238 | 238 | | (B) sexual performance by a child under Section |
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239 | 239 | | 43.25, Penal Code; |
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240 | 240 | | (7) ten years from the 18th birthday of the victim of |
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241 | 241 | | the offense: |
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242 | 242 | | (A) injury to a child under Section 22.04, Penal |
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243 | 243 | | Code; |
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244 | 244 | | (B) bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code, if |
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245 | 245 | | the investigation of the offense shows that the person, other than |
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246 | 246 | | the legal spouse of the defendant, whom the defendant marries or |
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247 | 247 | | purports to marry or with whom the defendant lives under the |
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248 | 248 | | appearance of being married is younger than 18 years of age at the |
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249 | 249 | | time the offense is committed; or |
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250 | 250 | | (C) [(D)] abandoning or endangering a child; |
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251 | 251 | | (8) [(7)] ten years from the date the offense was |
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252 | 252 | | discovered: trafficking of a disabled individual under Section |
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253 | 253 | | 20A.02(a)(5) or (6), Penal Code; |
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254 | 254 | | (9) [(8)] two years from the date the offense was |
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255 | 255 | | discovered: sexual assault punishable as a state jail felony under |
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256 | 256 | | Section 22.011(f)(2), Penal Code; or |
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257 | 257 | | (10) [(9)] three years from the date of the commission |
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258 | 258 | | of the offense: all other felonies. |
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259 | 259 | | SECTION 10. Articles 18.18(a), (b), (e), (f), (g), and (h), |
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260 | 260 | | Code of Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
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261 | 261 | | (a) Following the final conviction of a person for |
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262 | 262 | | possession of a gambling device or equipment, altered gambling |
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263 | 263 | | equipment, or gambling paraphernalia, for an offense involving a |
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264 | 264 | | criminal instrument, for an offense involving an obscene device or |
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265 | 265 | | material, for an offense involving child sexual abuse material |
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266 | 266 | | [pornography], or for an offense involving a scanning device or |
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267 | 267 | | re-encoder, the court entering the judgment of conviction shall |
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268 | 268 | | order that the machine, device, gambling equipment or gambling |
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269 | 269 | | paraphernalia, instrument, obscene device or material, child |
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270 | 270 | | sexual abuse material [pornography], or scanning device or |
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271 | 271 | | re-encoder be destroyed or forfeited to the state. Not later than |
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272 | 272 | | the 30th day after the final conviction of a person for an offense |
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273 | 273 | | involving a prohibited weapon, the court entering the judgment of |
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274 | 274 | | conviction on its own motion, on the motion of the prosecuting |
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275 | 275 | | attorney in the case, or on the motion of the law enforcement agency |
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276 | 276 | | initiating the complaint on notice to the prosecuting attorney in |
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277 | 277 | | the case if the prosecutor fails to move for the order shall order |
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278 | 278 | | that the prohibited weapon be destroyed or forfeited to the law |
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279 | 279 | | enforcement agency that initiated the complaint. If the court fails |
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280 | 280 | | to enter the order within the time required by this subsection, any |
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281 | 281 | | magistrate in the county in which the offense occurred may enter the |
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282 | 282 | | order. Following the final conviction of a person for an offense |
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283 | 283 | | involving dog fighting, the court entering the judgment of |
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284 | 284 | | conviction shall order that any dog-fighting equipment be destroyed |
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285 | 285 | | or forfeited to the state. Destruction of dogs, if necessary, must |
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286 | 286 | | be carried out by a veterinarian licensed in this state or, if one |
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287 | 287 | | is not available, by trained personnel of a humane society or an |
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288 | 288 | | animal shelter. If forfeited, the court shall order the contraband |
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289 | 289 | | delivered to the state, any political subdivision of the state, or |
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290 | 290 | | to any state institution or agency. If gambling proceeds were |
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291 | 291 | | seized, the court shall order them forfeited to the state and shall |
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292 | 292 | | transmit them to the grand jury of the county in which they were |
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293 | 293 | | seized for use in investigating alleged violations of the Penal |
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294 | 294 | | Code, or to the state, any political subdivision of the state, or to |
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295 | 295 | | any state institution or agency. |
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296 | 296 | | (b) If there is no prosecution or conviction following |
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297 | 297 | | seizure, the magistrate to whom the return was made shall notify in |
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298 | 298 | | writing the person found in possession of the alleged gambling |
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299 | 299 | | device or equipment, altered gambling equipment or gambling |
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300 | 300 | | paraphernalia, gambling proceeds, prohibited weapon, obscene |
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301 | 301 | | device or material, child sexual abuse material [pornography], |
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302 | 302 | | scanning device or re-encoder, criminal instrument, or |
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303 | 303 | | dog-fighting equipment to show cause why the property seized should |
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304 | 304 | | not be destroyed or the proceeds forfeited. The magistrate, on the |
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305 | 305 | | motion of the law enforcement agency seizing a prohibited weapon, |
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306 | 306 | | shall order the weapon destroyed or forfeited to the law |
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307 | 307 | | enforcement agency seizing the weapon, unless a person shows cause |
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308 | 308 | | as to why the prohibited weapon should not be destroyed or |
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309 | 309 | | forfeited. A law enforcement agency shall make a motion under this |
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310 | 310 | | subsection [section] in a timely manner after the time at which the |
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311 | 311 | | agency is informed in writing by the attorney representing the |
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312 | 312 | | state that no prosecution will arise from the seizure. |
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313 | 313 | | (e) Any person interested in the alleged gambling device or |
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314 | 314 | | equipment, altered gambling equipment or gambling paraphernalia, |
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315 | 315 | | gambling proceeds, prohibited weapon, obscene device or material, |
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316 | 316 | | child sexual abuse material [pornography], scanning device or |
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317 | 317 | | re-encoder, criminal instrument, or dog-fighting equipment seized |
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318 | 318 | | must appear before the magistrate on the 20th day following the date |
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319 | 319 | | the notice was mailed or posted. Failure to timely appear forfeits |
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320 | 320 | | any interest the person may have in the property or proceeds seized, |
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321 | 321 | | and no person after failing to timely appear may contest |
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322 | 322 | | destruction or forfeiture. |
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323 | 323 | | (f) If a person timely appears to show cause why the |
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324 | 324 | | property or proceeds should not be destroyed or forfeited, the |
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325 | 325 | | magistrate shall conduct a hearing on the issue and determine the |
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326 | 326 | | nature of property or proceeds and the person's interest therein. |
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327 | 327 | | Unless the person proves by a preponderance of the evidence that the |
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328 | 328 | | property or proceeds is not gambling equipment, altered gambling |
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329 | 329 | | equipment, gambling paraphernalia, gambling device, gambling |
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330 | 330 | | proceeds, prohibited weapon, obscene device or material, child |
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331 | 331 | | sexual abuse material [pornography], criminal instrument, scanning |
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332 | 332 | | device or re-encoder, or dog-fighting equipment and that the person |
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333 | 333 | | [he] is entitled to possession, the magistrate shall dispose of the |
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334 | 334 | | property or proceeds in accordance with Subsection [Paragraph] (a) |
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335 | 335 | | [of this article]. |
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336 | 336 | | (g) For purposes of this article: |
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337 | 337 | | (1) "criminal instrument" has the meaning defined in |
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338 | 338 | | the Penal Code; |
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339 | 339 | | (2) "gambling device or equipment, altered gambling |
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340 | 340 | | equipment or gambling paraphernalia" has the meaning defined in the |
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341 | 341 | | Penal Code; |
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342 | 342 | | (3) "prohibited weapon" has the meaning defined in the |
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343 | 343 | | Penal Code; |
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344 | 344 | | (4) "dog-fighting equipment" means: |
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345 | 345 | | (A) equipment used for training or handling a |
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346 | 346 | | fighting dog, including a harness, treadmill, cage, decoy, pen, |
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347 | 347 | | house for keeping a fighting dog, feeding apparatus, or training |
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348 | 348 | | pen; |
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349 | 349 | | (B) equipment used for transporting a fighting |
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350 | 350 | | dog, including any automobile[,] or other vehicle, and its |
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351 | 351 | | appurtenances which are intended to be used as a vehicle for |
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352 | 352 | | transporting a fighting dog; |
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353 | 353 | | (C) equipment used to promote or advertise an |
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354 | 354 | | exhibition of dog fighting, including a printing press or similar |
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355 | 355 | | equipment, paper, ink, or photography equipment; or |
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356 | 356 | | (D) a dog trained, being trained, or intended to |
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357 | 357 | | be used to fight with another dog; |
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358 | 358 | | (5) "obscene device" and "obscene" have the meanings |
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359 | 359 | | assigned by Section 43.21, Penal Code; |
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360 | 360 | | (6) "re-encoder" has the meaning assigned by Section |
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361 | 361 | | 522.001, Business & Commerce Code; |
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362 | 362 | | (7) "scanning device" has the meaning assigned by |
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363 | 363 | | Section 522.001, Business & Commerce Code; and |
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364 | 364 | | (8) "obscene material" and "child sexual abuse |
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365 | 365 | | material [pornography]" include digital images and the media and |
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366 | 366 | | equipment on which those images are stored. |
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367 | 367 | | (h) No provider of an electronic communication service or of |
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368 | 368 | | a remote computing service to the public shall be held liable for an |
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369 | 369 | | offense involving obscene material or child sexual abuse material |
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370 | 370 | | [pornography] under this article [section] on account of any action |
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371 | 371 | | taken in good faith in providing that service. |
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372 | 372 | | SECTION 11. Section 2(a), Article 38.37, Code of Criminal |
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373 | 373 | | Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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374 | 374 | | (a) Subsection (b) applies only to the trial of a defendant |
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375 | 375 | | for: |
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376 | 376 | | (1) an offense under any of the following provisions |
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377 | 377 | | of the Penal Code: |
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378 | 378 | | (A) Section 20A.02, if punishable as a felony of |
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379 | 379 | | the first degree under Section 20A.02(b)(1) (Labor or Sex |
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380 | 380 | | Trafficking of a Child or Disabled Individual); |
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381 | 381 | | (B) Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of |
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382 | 382 | | Young Child or Disabled Individual); |
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383 | 383 | | (C) Section 21.11 (Indecency With a Child); |
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384 | 384 | | (D) Section 22.011(a)(2) (Sexual Assault of a |
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385 | 385 | | Child); |
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386 | 386 | | (E) Sections 22.021(a)(1)(B) and (2) (Aggravated |
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387 | 387 | | Sexual Assault of a Child); |
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388 | 388 | | (F) Section 33.021 (Online Solicitation of a |
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389 | 389 | | Minor); |
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390 | 390 | | (G) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a |
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391 | 391 | | Child); or |
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392 | 392 | | (H) Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of |
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393 | 393 | | Child Sexual Abuse Material [Pornography]), Penal Code; or |
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394 | 394 | | (2) an attempt or conspiracy to commit an offense |
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395 | 395 | | described by Subdivision (1). |
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396 | 396 | | SECTION 12. Article 38.45(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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397 | 397 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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398 | 398 | | (a) During the course of a criminal hearing or proceeding, |
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399 | 399 | | the court may not make available or allow to be made available for |
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400 | 400 | | copying or dissemination to the public property or material: |
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401 | 401 | | (1) that constitutes child sexual abuse material |
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402 | 402 | | [pornography], as described by Section 43.26(a)(1), Penal Code; |
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403 | 403 | | (2) the promotion or possession of which is prohibited |
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404 | 404 | | under Section 43.261, Penal Code; or |
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405 | 405 | | (3) that is described by Section 2 or 5, Article |
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406 | 406 | | 38.071, of this code. |
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407 | 407 | | SECTION 13. Article 39.15(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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408 | 408 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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409 | 409 | | (a) In the manner provided by this article, a court shall |
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410 | 410 | | allow discovery under Article 39.14 of property or material: |
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411 | 411 | | (1) that constitutes child sexual abuse material |
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412 | 412 | | [pornography], as described by Section 43.26(a)(1), Penal Code; |
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413 | 413 | | (2) the promotion or possession of which is prohibited |
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414 | 414 | | under Section 43.261, Penal Code; or |
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415 | 415 | | (3) that is described by Section 2 or 5, Article |
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416 | 416 | | 38.071, of this code. |
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417 | 417 | | SECTION 14. Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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418 | 418 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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419 | 419 | | (a) Article 42A.053 does not apply to a defendant adjudged |
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420 | 420 | | guilty of an offense under: |
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421 | 421 | | (1) Section 15.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
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422 | 422 | | punishable as a felony of the first degree; |
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423 | 423 | | (2) Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder); |
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424 | 424 | | (3) Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital Murder); |
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425 | 425 | | (4) Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated |
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426 | 426 | | Kidnapping); |
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427 | 427 | | (5) Section 20A.02, Penal Code (Trafficking of |
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428 | 428 | | Persons); |
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429 | 429 | | (6) Section 20A.03, Penal Code (Continuous |
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430 | 430 | | Trafficking of Persons); |
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431 | 431 | | (7) Section 21.11, Penal Code (Indecency with a |
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432 | 432 | | Child); |
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433 | 433 | | (8) Section 22.011, Penal Code (Sexual Assault); |
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434 | 434 | | (9) Section 22.021, Penal Code (Aggravated Sexual |
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435 | 435 | | Assault); |
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436 | 436 | | (10) Section 22.04(a)(1), Penal Code (Injury to a |
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437 | 437 | | Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual), if: |
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438 | 438 | | (A) the offense is punishable as a felony of the |
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439 | 439 | | first degree; and |
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440 | 440 | | (B) the victim of the offense is a child; |
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441 | 441 | | (11) Section 29.03, Penal Code (Aggravated Robbery); |
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442 | 442 | | (12) Section 30.02, Penal Code (Burglary), if: |
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443 | 443 | | (A) the offense is punishable under Subsection |
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444 | 444 | | (d) of that section; and |
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445 | 445 | | (B) the actor committed the offense with the |
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446 | 446 | | intent to commit a felony under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, |
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447 | 447 | | 22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code; |
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448 | 448 | | (13) Section 43.04, Penal Code (Aggravated Promotion |
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449 | 449 | | of Prostitution); |
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450 | 450 | | (14) Section 43.05, Penal Code (Compelling |
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451 | 451 | | Prostitution); |
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452 | 452 | | (15) Section 43.25, Penal Code (Sexual Performance by |
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453 | 453 | | a Child); |
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454 | 454 | | (16) Section 43.26, Penal Code (Possession or |
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455 | 455 | | Promotion of Child Sexual Abuse Material [Pornography]); |
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456 | 456 | | (17) Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for which |
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457 | 457 | | punishment is increased under: |
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458 | 458 | | (A) Section 481.140 of that code (Use of Child in |
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459 | 459 | | Commission of Offense); or |
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460 | 460 | | (B) Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f) of that |
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461 | 461 | | code (Drug-free Zones) if it is shown that the defendant has been |
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462 | 462 | | previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was |
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463 | 463 | | increased under any of those subsections; or |
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464 | 464 | | (18) Section 481.1123, Health and Safety Code |
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465 | 465 | | (Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 1-B), if the |
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466 | 466 | | offense is punishable under Subsection (d), (e), or (f) of that |
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467 | 467 | | section. |
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468 | 468 | | SECTION 15. Article 42A.251(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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469 | 469 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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470 | 470 | | (2) "Sex offender" means a person who has been |
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471 | 471 | | convicted of, or has entered a plea of guilty or nolo contendere |
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472 | 472 | | for, an offense under any one of the following provisions of the |
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473 | 473 | | Penal Code: |
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474 | 474 | | (A) Section 20.04(a)(4) (Aggravated Kidnapping), |
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475 | 475 | | if the person committed the offense with the intent to violate or |
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476 | 476 | | abuse the victim sexually; |
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477 | 477 | | (B) Section 21.08 (Indecent Exposure); |
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478 | 478 | | (C) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child); |
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479 | 479 | | (D) Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault); |
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480 | 480 | | (E) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault); |
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481 | 481 | | (F) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct); |
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482 | 482 | | (G) Section 30.02 (Burglary), if: |
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483 | 483 | | (i) the offense is punishable under |
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484 | 484 | | Subsection (d) of that section; and |
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485 | 485 | | (ii) the person committed the offense with |
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486 | 486 | | the intent to commit a felony listed in this subdivision; |
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487 | 487 | | (H) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a |
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488 | 488 | | Child); or |
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489 | 489 | | (I) Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of |
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490 | 490 | | Child Sexual Abuse Material [Pornography]). |
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491 | 491 | | SECTION 16. Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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492 | 492 | | is amended to read as follows: |
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493 | 493 | | (5) "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a |
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494 | 494 | | conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of |
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495 | 495 | | delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of |
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496 | 496 | | the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication |
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497 | 497 | | for or based on: |
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498 | 498 | | (A) a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous |
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499 | 499 | | sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual), 21.09 |
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500 | 500 | | (Bestiality), 21.11 (Indecency with a child), 22.011 (Sexual |
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501 | 501 | | assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited |
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502 | 502 | | sexual conduct), Penal Code; |
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503 | 503 | | (B) a violation of Section 43.04 (Aggravated |
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504 | 504 | | promotion of prostitution), 43.05 (Compelling prostitution), 43.25 |
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505 | 505 | | (Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26 (Possession or promotion |
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506 | 506 | | of child sexual abuse material [pornography]), Penal Code; |
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507 | 507 | | (B-1) a violation of Section 43.021 |
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508 | 508 | | (Solicitation of Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is |
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509 | 509 | | punishable as a felony of the second degree; |
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510 | 510 | | (C) a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4) |
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511 | 511 | | (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the |
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512 | 512 | | offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse |
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513 | 513 | | the victim sexually; |
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514 | 514 | | (D) a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary), |
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515 | 515 | | Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under |
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516 | 516 | | Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense |
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517 | 517 | | or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in |
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518 | 518 | | Paragraph (A) or (C); |
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519 | 519 | | (E) a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful |
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520 | 520 | | restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping), |
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521 | 521 | | Penal Code, if, as applicable: |
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522 | 522 | | (i) the judgment in the case contains an |
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523 | 523 | | affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or |
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524 | 524 | | (ii) the order in the hearing or the papers |
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525 | 525 | | in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or |
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526 | 526 | | intended victim was younger than 17 years of age; |
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527 | 527 | | (F) the second violation of Section 21.08 |
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528 | 528 | | (Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation |
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529 | 529 | | results in a deferred adjudication; |
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530 | 530 | | (G) an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as |
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531 | 531 | | defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in |
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532 | 532 | | conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), (K), or (L); |
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533 | 533 | | (H) a violation of the laws of another state, |
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534 | 534 | | federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of |
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535 | 535 | | Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense |
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536 | 536 | | containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements |
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537 | 537 | | of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E), |
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538 | 538 | | (G), (J), (K), or (L), but not if the violation results in a |
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539 | 539 | | deferred adjudication; |
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540 | 540 | | (I) the second violation of the laws of another |
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541 | 541 | | state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform |
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542 | 542 | | Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense |
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543 | 543 | | containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements |
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544 | 544 | | of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation |
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545 | 545 | | results in a deferred adjudication; |
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546 | 546 | | (J) a violation of Section 33.021 (Online |
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547 | 547 | | solicitation of a minor), Penal Code; |
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548 | 548 | | (K) a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), |
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549 | 549 | | (7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code; or |
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550 | 550 | | (L) a violation of Section 20A.03 (Continuous |
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551 | 551 | | trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the offense is based partly |
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552 | 552 | | or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section |
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553 | 553 | | 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code. |
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554 | 554 | | SECTION 17. Section 201.062(a), Estates Code, is amended to |
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555 | 555 | | read as follows: |
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556 | 556 | | (a) A probate court may enter an order declaring that the |
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557 | 557 | | parent of a child under 18 years of age may not inherit from or |
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558 | 558 | | through the child under the laws of descent and distribution if the |
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559 | 559 | | court finds by clear and convincing evidence that the parent has: |
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560 | 560 | | (1) voluntarily abandoned and failed to support the |
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561 | 561 | | child in accordance with the parent's obligation or ability for at |
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562 | 562 | | least three years before the date of the child's death, and did not |
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563 | 563 | | resume support for the child before that date; |
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564 | 564 | | (2) voluntarily and with knowledge of the pregnancy: |
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565 | 565 | | (A) abandoned the child's mother beginning at a |
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566 | 566 | | time during her pregnancy with the child and continuing through the |
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567 | 567 | | birth; |
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568 | 568 | | (B) failed to provide adequate support or medical |
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569 | 569 | | care for the mother during the period of abandonment before the |
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570 | 570 | | child's birth; and |
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571 | 571 | | (C) remained apart from and failed to support the |
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572 | 572 | | child since birth; or |
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573 | 573 | | (3) been convicted or has been placed on community |
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574 | 574 | | supervision, including deferred adjudication community |
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575 | 575 | | supervision, for being criminally responsible for the death or |
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576 | 576 | | serious injury of a child under the following sections of the Penal |
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577 | 577 | | Code or adjudicated under Title 3, Family Code, for conduct that |
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578 | 578 | | caused the death or serious injury of a child and that would |
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579 | 579 | | constitute a violation of one of the following sections of the Penal |
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580 | 580 | | Code: |
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581 | 581 | | (A) Section 19.02 (murder); |
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582 | 582 | | (B) Section 19.03 (capital murder); |
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583 | 583 | | (C) Section 19.04 (manslaughter); |
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584 | 584 | | (D) Section 21.11 (indecency with a child); |
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585 | 585 | | (E) Section 22.01 (assault); |
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586 | 586 | | (F) Section 22.011 (sexual assault); |
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587 | 587 | | (G) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault); |
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588 | 588 | | (H) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault); |
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589 | 589 | | (I) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly |
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590 | 590 | | individual, or disabled individual); |
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591 | 591 | | (J) Section 22.041 (abandoning or endangering a |
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592 | 592 | | child, elderly individual, or disabled individual); |
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593 | 593 | | (K) Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual conduct); |
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594 | 594 | | (L) Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a |
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595 | 595 | | child); or |
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596 | 596 | | (M) Section 43.26 (possession or promotion of |
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597 | 597 | | child sexual abuse material [pornography]). |
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598 | 598 | | SECTION 18. Section 161.001(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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599 | 599 | | read as follows: |
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600 | 600 | | (b) The court may order termination of the parent-child |
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601 | 601 | | relationship if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence: |
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602 | 602 | | (1) that the parent has: |
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603 | 603 | | (A) voluntarily left the child alone or in the |
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604 | 604 | | possession of another not the parent and expressed an intent not to |
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605 | 605 | | return; |
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606 | 606 | | (B) voluntarily left the child alone or in the |
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607 | 607 | | possession of another not the parent without expressing an intent |
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608 | 608 | | to return, without providing for the adequate support of the child, |
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609 | 609 | | and remained away for a period of at least three months; |
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610 | 610 | | (C) voluntarily left the child alone or in the |
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611 | 611 | | possession of another without providing adequate support of the |
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612 | 612 | | child and remained away for a period of at least six months; |
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613 | 613 | | (D) knowingly placed or knowingly allowed the |
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614 | 614 | | child to remain in conditions or surroundings which endanger the |
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615 | 615 | | physical or emotional well-being of the child; |
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616 | 616 | | (E) engaged in conduct or knowingly placed the |
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617 | 617 | | child with persons who engaged in conduct which endangers the |
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618 | 618 | | physical or emotional well-being of the child; |
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619 | 619 | | (F) failed to support the child in accordance |
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620 | 620 | | with the parent's ability during a period of one year ending within |
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621 | 621 | | six months of the date of the filing of the petition; |
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622 | 622 | | (G) abandoned the child without identifying the |
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623 | 623 | | child or furnishing means of identification, and the child's |
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624 | 624 | | identity cannot be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable |
---|
625 | 625 | | diligence; |
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626 | 626 | | (H) voluntarily, and with knowledge of the |
---|
627 | 627 | | pregnancy, abandoned the mother of the child beginning at a time |
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628 | 628 | | during her pregnancy with the child and continuing through the |
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629 | 629 | | birth, failed to provide adequate support or medical care for the |
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630 | 630 | | mother during the period of abandonment before the birth of the |
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631 | 631 | | child, and remained apart from the child or failed to support the |
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632 | 632 | | child since the birth; |
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633 | 633 | | (I) contumaciously refused to submit to a |
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634 | 634 | | reasonable and lawful order of a court under Subchapter D, Chapter |
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635 | 635 | | 261; |
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636 | 636 | | (J) been the major cause of: |
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637 | 637 | | (i) the failure of the child to be enrolled |
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638 | 638 | | in school as required by the Education Code; or |
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639 | 639 | | (ii) the child's absence from the child's |
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640 | 640 | | home without the consent of the parents or guardian for a |
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641 | 641 | | substantial length of time or without the intent to return; |
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642 | 642 | | (K) executed before or after the suit is filed an |
---|
643 | 643 | | unrevoked or irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental |
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644 | 644 | | rights as provided by this chapter; |
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645 | 645 | | (L) been convicted or has been placed on |
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646 | 646 | | community supervision, including deferred adjudication community |
---|
647 | 647 | | supervision, for being criminally responsible for the death or |
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648 | 648 | | serious injury of a child under the following sections of the Penal |
---|
649 | 649 | | Code, or under a law of another jurisdiction that contains elements |
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650 | 650 | | that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under |
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651 | 651 | | one of the following Penal Code sections, or adjudicated under |
---|
652 | 652 | | Title 3 for conduct that caused the death or serious injury of a |
---|
653 | 653 | | child and that would constitute a violation of one of the following |
---|
654 | 654 | | Penal Code sections: |
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655 | 655 | | (i) Section 19.02 (murder); |
---|
656 | 656 | | (ii) Section 19.03 (capital murder); |
---|
657 | 657 | | (iii) Section 19.04 (manslaughter); |
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658 | 658 | | (iv) Section 21.11 (indecency with a |
---|
659 | 659 | | child); |
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660 | 660 | | (v) Section 22.01 (assault); |
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661 | 661 | | (vi) Section 22.011 (sexual assault); |
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662 | 662 | | (vii) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault); |
---|
663 | 663 | | (viii) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual |
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664 | 664 | | assault); |
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665 | 665 | | (ix) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, |
---|
666 | 666 | | elderly individual, or disabled individual); |
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667 | 667 | | (x) Section 22.041 (abandoning or |
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668 | 668 | | endangering a child, elderly individual, or disabled individual); |
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669 | 669 | | (xi) Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual |
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670 | 670 | | conduct); |
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671 | 671 | | (xii) Section 43.25 (sexual performance by |
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672 | 672 | | a child); |
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673 | 673 | | (xiii) Section 43.26 (possession or |
---|
674 | 674 | | promotion of child sexual abuse material [pornography]); |
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675 | 675 | | (xiv) Section 21.02 (continuous sexual |
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676 | 676 | | abuse of young child or disabled individual); |
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677 | 677 | | (xv) Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) |
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678 | 678 | | (trafficking of persons); and |
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679 | 679 | | (xvi) Section 43.05(a)(2) (compelling |
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680 | 680 | | prostitution); |
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681 | 681 | | (M) had his or her parent-child relationship |
---|
682 | 682 | | terminated with respect to another child based on a finding that the |
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683 | 683 | | parent's conduct was in violation of Paragraph (D) or (E) or |
---|
684 | 684 | | substantially equivalent provisions of the law of another state; |
---|
685 | 685 | | (N) constructively abandoned the child who has |
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686 | 686 | | been in the permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the |
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687 | 687 | | Department of Family and Protective Services for not less than six |
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688 | 688 | | months, and: |
---|
689 | 689 | | (i) the department has made reasonable |
---|
690 | 690 | | efforts to return the child to the parent; |
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691 | 691 | | (ii) the parent has not regularly visited |
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692 | 692 | | or maintained significant contact with the child; and |
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693 | 693 | | (iii) the parent has demonstrated an |
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694 | 694 | | inability to provide the child with a safe environment; |
---|
695 | 695 | | (O) failed to comply with the provisions of a |
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696 | 696 | | court order that specifically established the actions necessary for |
---|
697 | 697 | | the parent to obtain the return of the child who has been in the |
---|
698 | 698 | | permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the Department |
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699 | 699 | | of Family and Protective Services for not less than nine months as a |
---|
700 | 700 | | result of the child's removal from the parent under Chapter 262 for |
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701 | 701 | | the abuse or neglect of the child; |
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702 | 702 | | (P) used a controlled substance, as defined by |
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703 | 703 | | Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a manner that endangered the |
---|
704 | 704 | | health or safety of the child, and: |
---|
705 | 705 | | (i) failed to complete a court-ordered |
---|
706 | 706 | | substance abuse treatment program; or |
---|
707 | 707 | | (ii) after completion of a court-ordered |
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708 | 708 | | substance abuse treatment program, continued to abuse a controlled |
---|
709 | 709 | | substance; |
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710 | 710 | | (Q) knowingly engaged in criminal conduct that |
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711 | 711 | | has resulted in the parent's: |
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712 | 712 | | (i) conviction of an offense; and |
---|
713 | 713 | | (ii) confinement or imprisonment and |
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714 | 714 | | inability to care for the child for not less than two years from the |
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715 | 715 | | date of filing the petition; |
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716 | 716 | | (R) been the cause of the child being born |
---|
717 | 717 | | addicted to alcohol or a controlled substance, other than a |
---|
718 | 718 | | controlled substance legally obtained by prescription; |
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719 | 719 | | (S) voluntarily delivered the child to a |
---|
720 | 720 | | designated emergency infant care provider under Section 262.302 |
---|
721 | 721 | | without expressing an intent to return for the child; |
---|
722 | 722 | | (T) been convicted of: |
---|
723 | 723 | | (i) the murder of the other parent of the |
---|
724 | 724 | | child under Section 19.02 or 19.03, Penal Code, or under a law of |
---|
725 | 725 | | another state, federal law, the law of a foreign country, or the |
---|
726 | 726 | | Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains elements that are |
---|
727 | 727 | | substantially similar to the elements of an offense under Section |
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728 | 728 | | 19.02 or 19.03, Penal Code; |
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729 | 729 | | (ii) criminal attempt under Section 15.01, |
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730 | 730 | | Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal law, the law of |
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731 | 731 | | a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice that |
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732 | 732 | | contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of |
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733 | 733 | | an offense under Section 15.01, Penal Code, to commit the offense |
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734 | 734 | | described by Subparagraph (i); |
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735 | 735 | | (iii) criminal solicitation under Section |
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736 | 736 | | 15.03, Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal law, the |
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737 | 737 | | law of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice |
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738 | 738 | | that contains elements that are substantially similar to the |
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739 | 739 | | elements of an offense under Section 15.03, Penal Code, of the |
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740 | 740 | | offense described by Subparagraph (i); or |
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741 | 741 | | (iv) the sexual assault of the other parent |
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742 | 742 | | of the child under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code, or under a |
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743 | 743 | | law of another state, federal law, or the Uniform Code of Military |
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744 | 744 | | Justice that contains elements that are substantially similar to |
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745 | 745 | | the elements of an offense under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal |
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746 | 746 | | Code; |
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747 | 747 | | (U) been placed on community supervision, |
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748 | 748 | | including deferred adjudication community supervision, or another |
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749 | 749 | | functionally equivalent form of community supervision or |
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750 | 750 | | probation, for being criminally responsible for the sexual assault |
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751 | 751 | | of the other parent of the child under Section 22.011 or 22.021, |
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752 | 752 | | Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal law, or the |
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753 | 753 | | Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains elements that are |
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754 | 754 | | substantially similar to the elements of an offense under Section |
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755 | 755 | | 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code; or |
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756 | 756 | | (V) been convicted of: |
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757 | 757 | | (i) criminal solicitation of a minor under |
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758 | 758 | | Section 15.031, Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal |
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759 | 759 | | law, the law of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military |
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760 | 760 | | Justice that contains elements that are substantially similar to |
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761 | 761 | | the elements of an offense under Section 15.031, Penal Code; or |
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762 | 762 | | (ii) online solicitation of a minor under |
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763 | 763 | | Section 33.021, Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal |
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764 | 764 | | law, the law of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military |
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765 | 765 | | Justice that contains elements that are substantially similar to |
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766 | 766 | | the elements of an offense under Section 33.021, Penal Code; and |
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767 | 767 | | (2) that termination is in the best interest of the |
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768 | 768 | | child. |
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769 | 769 | | SECTION 19. Section 261.001(1), Family Code, is amended to |
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770 | 770 | | read as follows: |
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771 | 771 | | (1) "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions |
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772 | 772 | | by a person: |
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773 | 773 | | (A) mental or emotional injury to a child that |
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774 | 774 | | results in an observable and material impairment in the child's |
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775 | 775 | | growth, development, or psychological functioning; |
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776 | 776 | | (B) causing or permitting the child to be in a |
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777 | 777 | | situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury |
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778 | 778 | | that results in an observable and material impairment in the |
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779 | 779 | | child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; |
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780 | 780 | | (C) physical injury that results in substantial |
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781 | 781 | | harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from |
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782 | 782 | | physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at |
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783 | 783 | | variance with the history or explanation given and excluding an |
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784 | 784 | | accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or |
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785 | 785 | | managing or possessory conservator that does not expose the child |
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786 | 786 | | to a substantial risk of harm; |
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787 | 787 | | (D) failure to make a reasonable effort to |
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788 | 788 | | prevent an action by another person that results in physical injury |
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789 | 789 | | that results in substantial harm to the child; |
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790 | 790 | | (E) sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental, |
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791 | 791 | | emotional, or physical welfare, including conduct that constitutes |
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792 | 792 | | the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled |
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793 | 793 | | individual under Section 21.02, Penal Code, indecency with a child |
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794 | 794 | | under Section 21.11, Penal Code, sexual assault under Section |
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795 | 795 | | 22.011, Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section |
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796 | 796 | | 22.021, Penal Code; |
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797 | 797 | | (F) failure to make a reasonable effort to |
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798 | 798 | | prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child; |
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799 | 799 | | (G) compelling or encouraging the child to engage |
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800 | 800 | | in sexual conduct as defined by Section 43.01, Penal Code, |
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801 | 801 | | including compelling or encouraging the child in a manner that |
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802 | 802 | | constitutes an offense of trafficking of persons under Section |
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803 | 803 | | 20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code, solicitation of prostitution under |
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804 | 804 | | Section 43.021, Penal Code, or compelling prostitution under |
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805 | 805 | | Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; |
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806 | 806 | | (H) causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging |
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807 | 807 | | in, or allowing the photographing, filming, or depicting of the |
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808 | 808 | | child if the person knew or should have known that the resulting |
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809 | 809 | | photograph, film, or depiction of the child: |
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810 | 810 | | (i) is obscene as defined by Section 43.21, |
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811 | 811 | | Penal Code;[,] or |
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812 | 812 | | (ii) constitutes child sexual abuse |
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813 | 813 | | material [pornographic]; |
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814 | 814 | | (I) the current use by a person of a controlled |
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815 | 815 | | substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a |
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816 | 816 | | manner or to the extent that the use results in physical, mental, or |
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817 | 817 | | emotional injury to a child; |
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818 | 818 | | (J) causing, expressly permitting, or |
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819 | 819 | | encouraging a child to use a controlled substance as defined by |
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820 | 820 | | Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; |
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821 | 821 | | (K) causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging |
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822 | 822 | | in, or allowing a sexual performance by a child as defined by |
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823 | 823 | | Section 43.25, Penal Code; |
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824 | 824 | | (L) knowingly causing, permitting, encouraging, |
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825 | 825 | | engaging in, or allowing a child to be trafficked in a manner |
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826 | 826 | | punishable as an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or |
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827 | 827 | | (8), Penal Code, or the failure to make a reasonable effort to |
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828 | 828 | | prevent a child from being trafficked in a manner punishable as an |
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829 | 829 | | offense under any of those sections; or |
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830 | 830 | | (M) forcing or coercing a child to enter into a |
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831 | 831 | | marriage. |
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832 | 832 | | SECTION 20. Section 262.2015(b), Family Code, is amended to |
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833 | 833 | | read as follows: |
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834 | 834 | | (b) The court may find under Subsection (a) that a parent |
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835 | 835 | | has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances if: |
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836 | 836 | | (1) the parent abandoned the child without |
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837 | 837 | | identification or a means for identifying the child; |
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838 | 838 | | (2) the child or another child of the parent is a |
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839 | 839 | | victim of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse inflicted by the |
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840 | 840 | | parent or by another person with the parent's consent; |
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841 | 841 | | (3) the parent has engaged in conduct against the |
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842 | 842 | | child or another child of the parent that would constitute an |
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843 | 843 | | offense under the following provisions of the Penal Code: |
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844 | 844 | | (A) Section 19.02 (murder); |
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845 | 845 | | (B) Section 19.03 (capital murder); |
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846 | 846 | | (C) Section 19.04 (manslaughter); |
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847 | 847 | | (D) Section 21.11 (indecency with a child); |
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848 | 848 | | (E) Section 22.011 (sexual assault); |
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849 | 849 | | (F) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault); |
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850 | 850 | | (G) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault); |
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851 | 851 | | (H) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly |
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852 | 852 | | individual, or disabled individual); |
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853 | 853 | | (I) Section 22.041 (abandoning or endangering a |
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854 | 854 | | child, elderly individual, or disabled individual); |
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855 | 855 | | (J) Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual conduct); |
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856 | 856 | | (K) Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a |
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857 | 857 | | child); |
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858 | 858 | | (L) Section 43.26 (possession or promotion of |
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859 | 859 | | child sexual abuse material [pornography]); |
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860 | 860 | | (M) Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse of |
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861 | 861 | | young child or disabled individual); |
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862 | 862 | | (N) Section 43.05(a)(2) (compelling |
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863 | 863 | | prostitution); or |
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864 | 864 | | (O) Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) (trafficking of |
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865 | 865 | | persons); |
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866 | 866 | | (4) the parent voluntarily left the child alone or in |
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867 | 867 | | the possession of another person not the parent of the child for at |
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868 | 868 | | least six months without expressing an intent to return and without |
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869 | 869 | | providing adequate support for the child; |
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870 | 870 | | (5) the parent has been convicted for: |
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871 | 871 | | (A) the murder of another child of the parent and |
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872 | 872 | | the offense would have been an offense under 18 U.S.C. Section |
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873 | 873 | | 1111(a) if the offense had occurred in the special maritime or |
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874 | 874 | | territorial jurisdiction of the United States; |
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875 | 875 | | (B) the voluntary manslaughter of another child |
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876 | 876 | | of the parent and the offense would have been an offense under 18 |
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877 | 877 | | U.S.C. Section 1112(a) if the offense had occurred in the special |
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878 | 878 | | maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States; |
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879 | 879 | | (C) aiding or abetting, attempting, conspiring, |
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880 | 880 | | or soliciting an offense under Paragraph (A) or (B); or |
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881 | 881 | | (D) the felony assault of the child or another |
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882 | 882 | | child of the parent that resulted in serious bodily injury to the |
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883 | 883 | | child or another child of the parent; or |
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884 | 884 | | (6) the parent is required under any state or federal |
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885 | 885 | | law to register with a sex offender registry. |
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886 | 886 | | SECTION 21. Section 20A.02(a), Penal Code, is amended to |
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887 | 887 | | read as follows: |
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888 | 888 | | (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: |
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889 | 889 | | (1) traffics another person with the intent that the |
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890 | 890 | | trafficked person engage in forced labor or services; |
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891 | 891 | | (2) receives a benefit from participating in a venture |
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892 | 892 | | that involves an activity described by Subdivision (1), including |
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893 | 893 | | by receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or |
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894 | 894 | | services; |
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895 | 895 | | (3) traffics another person and, through force, fraud, |
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896 | 896 | | or coercion, causes the trafficked person to engage in conduct |
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897 | 897 | | prohibited by: |
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898 | 898 | | (A) Section 43.02 (Prostitution); |
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899 | 899 | | (B) Section 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution); |
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900 | 900 | | (B-1) Section 43.031 (Online Promotion of |
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901 | 901 | | Prostitution); |
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902 | 902 | | (C) Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of |
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903 | 903 | | Prostitution); |
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904 | 904 | | (C-1) Section 43.041 (Aggravated Online |
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905 | 905 | | Promotion of Prostitution); or |
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906 | 906 | | (D) Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution); |
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907 | 907 | | (4) receives a benefit from participating in a venture |
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908 | 908 | | that involves an activity described by Subdivision (3) or engages |
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909 | 909 | | in sexual conduct with a person trafficked in the manner described |
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910 | 910 | | in Subdivision (3); |
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911 | 911 | | (5) traffics a child or disabled individual with the |
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912 | 912 | | intent that the trafficked child or disabled individual engage in |
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913 | 913 | | forced labor or services; |
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914 | 914 | | (6) receives a benefit from participating in a venture |
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915 | 915 | | that involves an activity described by Subdivision (5), including |
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916 | 916 | | by receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or |
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917 | 917 | | services; |
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918 | 918 | | (7) traffics a child or disabled individual and by any |
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919 | 919 | | means causes the trafficked child or disabled individual to engage |
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920 | 920 | | in, or become the victim of, conduct prohibited by: |
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921 | 921 | | (A) Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of |
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922 | 922 | | Young Child or Disabled Individual); |
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923 | 923 | | (B) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child); |
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924 | 924 | | (C) Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault); |
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925 | 925 | | (D) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault); |
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926 | 926 | | (E) Section 43.02 (Prostitution); |
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927 | 927 | | (E-1) Section 43.021 (Solicitation of |
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928 | 928 | | Prostitution); |
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929 | 929 | | (F) Section 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution); |
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930 | 930 | | (F-1) Section 43.031 (Online Promotion of |
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931 | 931 | | Prostitution); |
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932 | 932 | | (G) Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of |
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933 | 933 | | Prostitution); |
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934 | 934 | | (G-1) Section 43.041 (Aggravated Online |
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935 | 935 | | Promotion of Prostitution); |
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936 | 936 | | (H) Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution); |
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937 | 937 | | (I) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a |
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938 | 938 | | Child); |
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939 | 939 | | (J) Section 43.251 (Employment Harmful to |
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940 | 940 | | Children); or |
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941 | 941 | | (K) Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of |
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942 | 942 | | Child Sexual Abuse Material [Pornography]); or |
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943 | 943 | | (8) receives a benefit from participating in a venture |
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944 | 944 | | that involves an activity described by Subdivision (7) or engages |
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945 | 945 | | in sexual conduct with a child or disabled individual trafficked in |
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946 | 946 | | the manner described in Subdivision (7). |
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947 | 947 | | SECTION 22. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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