| 1 | 1 | | 89R3849 JDK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Middleton S.B. No. 456 |
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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 the purchase or sale of human organs; increasing a |
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| 10 | 10 | | criminal penalty. |
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| 11 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 12 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 48.02(d), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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| 13 | 13 | | as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (d) An offense under [A violation of] this section is a |
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| 15 | 15 | | state jail felony [Class A misdemeanor]. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter B, Chapter 164, Occupations Code, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended by adding Section 164.0571 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 164.0571. REQUIRED REVOCATION OF LICENSE FOR PROCEDURE |
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| 19 | 19 | | INVOLVING CERTAIN HUMAN ORGANS. The board shall revoke the license |
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| 20 | 20 | | of a physician if the physician knowingly uses a human organ |
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| 21 | 21 | | obtained in violation of Section 48.02, Penal Code, in a medical |
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| 22 | 22 | | procedure. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 3. Section 48.02(d), Penal Code, as amended by this |
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| 24 | 24 | | Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective |
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| 25 | 25 | | date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of |
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| 26 | 26 | | this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was |
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| 27 | 27 | | committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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| 28 | 28 | | purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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| 29 | 29 | | before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense |
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| 30 | 30 | | occurred before that date. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 4. Section 164.0571, Occupations Code, as added by |
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| 32 | 32 | | this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the |
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| 33 | 33 | | effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the |
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| 34 | 34 | | effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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| 35 | 35 | | date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect |
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| 36 | 36 | | for that purpose. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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