By: Thompson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Huffman)	H.B. No. 10
	(In the Senate - Received from the House March 18, 2015;
	March 25, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Criminal Justice; April 30, 2015, reported favorably by the
	following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0; April 30, 2015, sent to printer.)
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	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain criminal and civil consequences of trafficking
	of persons, compelling prostitution, and certain other related
	criminal offenses; to the prevention, prosecution, and punishment
	of those offenses, and to compensation paid to victims of those
	offenses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Art. 12.01.  FELONIES.  Except as provided in Article 12.03,
	felony indictments may be presented within these limits, and not
	afterward:
	(1)  no limitation:
	(A)  murder and manslaughter;
	(B)  sexual assault under Section 22.011(a)(2),
	Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section
	22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code;
	(C)  sexual assault, if during the investigation
	of the offense biological matter is collected and subjected to
	forensic DNA testing and the testing results show that the matter
	does not match the victim or any other person whose identity is
	readily ascertained;
	(D)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or
	children under Section 21.02, Penal Code;
	(E)  indecency with a child under Section 21.11,
	Penal Code;
	(F)  an offense involving leaving the scene of an
	accident under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the
	accident resulted in the death of a person;
	(G)  trafficking of persons under Section
	20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code; [or]
	(H)  continuous trafficking of persons under
	Section 20A.03, Penal Code; or
	(I)  compelling prostitution under Section
	43.05(a)(2), Penal Code;
	(2)  ten years from the date of the commission of the
	offense:
	(A)  theft of any estate, real, personal or mixed,
	by an executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, with intent to
	defraud any creditor, heir, legatee, ward, distributee,
	beneficiary or settlor of a trust interested in such estate;
	(B)  theft by a public servant of government
	property over which he exercises control in his official capacity;
	(C)  forgery or the uttering, using or passing of
	forged instruments;
	(D)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual
	punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section 22.04,
	Penal Code;
	(E)  sexual assault, except as provided by
	Subdivision (1);
	(F)  arson;
	(G)  trafficking of persons under Section
	20A.02(a)(1), (2), (3), or (4), Penal Code; or
	(H)  compelling prostitution under Section
	43.05(a)(1), Penal Code;
	(3)  seven years from the date of the commission of the
	offense:
	(A)  misapplication of fiduciary property or
	property of a financial institution;
	(B)  securing execution of document by deception;
	(C)  a felony violation under Chapter 162, Tax
	Code;
	(D)  false statement to obtain property or credit
	under Section 32.32, Penal Code;
	(E)  money laundering;
	(F)  credit card or debit card abuse under Section
	32.31, Penal Code;
	(G)  fraudulent use or possession of identifying
	information under Section 32.51, Penal Code;
	(H)  Medicaid fraud under Section 35A.02, Penal
	Code; or
	(I)  bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code,
	except as provided by Subdivision (6);
	(4)  five years from the date of the commission of the
	offense:
	(A)  theft or robbery;
	(B)  except as provided by Subdivision (5),
	kidnapping or burglary;
	(C)  injury to an elderly or disabled individual
	that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section
	22.04, Penal Code;
	(D)  abandoning or endangering a child; or
	(E)  insurance fraud;
	(5)  if the investigation of the offense shows that the
	victim is younger than 17 years of age at the time the offense is
	committed, 20 years from the 18th birthday of the victim of one of
	the following offenses:
	(A)  sexual performance by a child under Section
	43.25, Penal Code;
	(B)  aggravated kidnapping under Section
	20.04(a)(4), Penal Code, if the defendant committed the offense
	with the intent to violate or abuse the victim sexually; or
	(C)  burglary under Section 30.02, Penal Code, if
	the offense is punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and
	the defendant committed the offense with the intent to commit an
	offense described by Subdivision (1)(B) or (D) of this article or
	Paragraph (B) of this subdivision;
	(6)  ten years from the 18th birthday of the victim of
	the offense:
	(A)  trafficking of persons under Section
	20A.02(a)(5) or (6), Penal Code;
	(B)  injury to a child under Section 22.04, Penal
	Code; or
	(C)  [compelling prostitution under Section
	43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; or
	[(D)]  bigamy under Section 25.01, Penal Code, if
	the investigation of the offense shows that the person, other than
	the legal spouse of the defendant, whom the defendant marries or
	purports to marry or with whom the defendant lives under the
	appearance of being married is younger than 18 years of age at the
	time the offense is committed; or
	(7)  three years from the date of the commission of the
	offense: all other felonies.
	SECTION 2.  Article 56.32(a)(14), Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	(14)  "Trafficking of persons" means any offense that
	results in a person engaging in forced labor or services, including
	sexual conduct, and that may be prosecuted under Section 20A.02,
	20A.03, 43.03, 43.04, 43.05, 43.25, 43.251, or 43.26, Penal Code.
	SECTION 3.  Article 56.41, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
	(b-1)  Subsection (b)(3) does not apply to a claimant or
	victim who seeks compensation for criminally injurious conduct that
	is:
	(1)  in violation of Section 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code;
	or
	(2)  trafficking of persons, other than an offense
	described by Subdivision (1), if the criminally injurious conduct
	the claimant or victim participated in was the result of force,
	fraud, or coercion.
	SECTION 4.  Article 56.45, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Art. 56.45.  DENIAL OR REDUCTION OF AWARD. (a) The attorney
	general may deny or reduce an award otherwise payable:
	(1)  if the claimant or victim has not substantially
	cooperated with an appropriate law enforcement agency;
	(2)  if the claimant or victim bears a share of the
	responsibility for the act or omission giving rise to the claim
	because of the claimant's or victim's behavior;
	(3)  to the extent that pecuniary loss is recouped from
	a collateral source; or
	(4)  if the claimant or victim was engaging in an
	activity that at the time of the criminally injurious conduct was
	prohibited by law or a rule made under law.
	(b)  Subsection (a)(4) does not apply to a claimant or victim
	who seeks compensation for criminally injurious conduct that is:
	(1)  in violation of Section 20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code;
	or
	(2)  trafficking of persons, other than an offense
	described by Subdivision (1), if the activity the claimant or
	victim engaged in was the result of force, fraud, or coercion.
	SECTION 5.  Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(5)  "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a
	conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of
	delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of
	the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication
	for or based on:
	(A)  a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous
	sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.11 (Indecency with a
	child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual
	assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited sexual conduct), Penal Code;
	(B)  a violation of Section 43.05 (Compelling
	prostitution), 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26
	(Possession or promotion of child pornography), Penal Code;
	(B-1)  a violation of Section 43.02
	(Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under
	Subsection (c)(3) of that section;
	(C)  a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4)
	(Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the
	offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse
	the victim sexually;
	(D)  a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary),
	Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under
	Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense
	or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in
	Paragraph (A) or (C);
	(E)  a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful
	restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping),
	Penal Code, if, as applicable:
	(i)  the judgment in the case contains an
	affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or
	(ii)  the order in the hearing or the papers
	in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or
	intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;
	(F)  the second violation of Section 21.08
	(Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation
	results in a deferred adjudication;
	(G)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as
	defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in
	conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), or (K);
	(H)  a violation of the laws of another state,
	federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of
	Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
	containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
	of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E),
	(G), (J), or (K), but not if the violation results in a deferred
	adjudication;
	(I)  the second violation of the laws of another
	state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform
	Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense
	containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements
	of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation
	results in a deferred adjudication;
	(J)  a violation of Section 33.021 (Online
	solicitation of a minor), Penal Code; or
	(K)  a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4),
	(7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code.
	SECTION 6.  Section 38.004(a), Education Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  The agency shall develop a policy governing the reports
	of child abuse or neglect, including reports related to the
	trafficking of a child under Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or
	(8), Penal Code, as required by Chapter 261, Family Code, for [of]
	school districts, open-enrollment charter schools, and their
	employees.  The policy must provide for cooperation with law
	enforcement child abuse investigations without the consent of the
	child's parents if necessary, including investigations by the
	Department of Family and Protective Services.  The policy must
	require each school district and open-enrollment charter school
	employee to report child abuse or neglect, including the
	trafficking of a child under Section 20A.02(a)(5) or (7), Penal
	Code, in the manner required by Chapter 261, Family Code.  Each
	school district and open-enrollment charter school shall adopt the
	policy.
	SECTION 7.  Section 22.011, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 22.011.  JUDICIAL INSTRUCTION RELATED TO FAMILY
	VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS, AND CHILD ABUSE.
	(a)  The supreme court shall provide judicial training related to
	the problems of family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of
	persons, and child abuse and to issues concerning sex offender
	characteristics.
	(d)  The instruction must include information about:
	(1)  statutory and case law relating to videotaping a
	child's testimony and relating to competency of children to
	testify;
	(2)  methods for eliminating the trauma to the child
	caused by the court process;
	(3)  case law, statutory law, and procedural rules
	relating to family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of
	persons, and child abuse;
	(4)  methods for providing protection for victims of
	family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, or child
	abuse;
	(5)  available community and state resources for
	counseling and other aid to victims and to offenders;
	(6)  gender bias in the judicial process;
	(7)  dynamics and effects of being a victim of family
	violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, or child abuse;
	and
	(8)  issues concerning sex offender characteristics.
	SECTION 8.  The heading to Section 22.110, Government Code,
	is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 22.110.  JUDICIAL INSTRUCTION RELATED TO FAMILY
	VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS, AND CHILD ABUSE
	AND NEGLECT.
	SECTION 9.  Sections 22.110(a), (b), and (d), Government
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The court of criminal appeals shall assure that judicial
	training related to the problems of family violence, sexual
	assault, trafficking of persons, and child abuse and neglect is
	provided.
	(b)  The court of criminal appeals shall adopt the rules
	necessary to accomplish the purposes of this section. The rules
	must require each district judge, judge of a statutory county
	court, associate judge appointed under Chapter 54A of this code or
	Chapter 201, Family Code, master, referee, and magistrate to
	complete at least 12 hours of the training within the judge's first
	term of office or the judicial officer's first four years of service
	and provide a method for certification of completion of that
	training. At least four hours of the training must be dedicated to
	issues related to trafficking of persons and child abuse and
	neglect and must cover at least two of the topics described in
	Subsections (d)(8)-(12). At least six hours of the training must be
	dedicated to the training described by Subsections (d)(5), (6), and
	(7). The rules must require each judge and judicial officer to
	complete an additional five hours of training during each
	additional term in office or four years of service. At least two
	hours of the additional training must be dedicated to issues
	related to trafficking of persons and child abuse and neglect. The
	rules must exempt from the training requirement of this subsection
	each judge or judicial officer who files an affidavit stating that
	the judge or judicial officer does not hear any cases involving
	family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, or child
	abuse and neglect.
	(d)  The instruction must include information about:
	(1)  statutory and case law relating to videotaping a
	child's testimony and relating to competency of children to
	testify;
	(2)  methods for eliminating the trauma to the child
	caused by the court process;
	(3)  case law, statutory law, and procedural rules
	relating to family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of
	persons, and child abuse and neglect;
	(4)  methods for providing protection for victims of
	family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, and child
	abuse and neglect;
	(5)  available community and state resources for
	counseling and other aid to victims and to offenders;
	(6)  gender bias in the judicial process;
	(7)  dynamics and effects of being a victim of family
	violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, or child abuse
	and neglect;
	(8)  dynamics of sexual abuse of children, including
	child abuse accommodation syndrome and grooming;
	(9)  impact of substance abuse on an unborn child and on
	a person's ability to care for a child;
	(10)  issues of attachment and bonding between children
	and caregivers;
	(11)  issues of child development that pertain to
	trafficking of persons and child abuse and neglect; and
	(12)  medical findings regarding physical abuse,
	sexual abuse, trafficking of persons, and child abuse and neglect.
	SECTION 10.  Section 402.035, Government Code, is amended by
	amending Subsections (c), (d), and (h) and adding Subsections (f-1)
	and (f-2) to read as follows:
	(c)  The task force is composed of the following:
	(1)  the governor or the governor's designee;
	(2)  the attorney general or the attorney general's
	designee;
	(3)  the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
	Services Commission or the executive commissioner's designee;
	(4)  the commissioner of the Department of Family and
	Protective Services or the commissioner's designee;
	(5)  the commissioner of the Department of State Health
	Services or the commissioner's designee;
	(6)  the public safety director of the Department of
	Public Safety or the director's designee;
	(7)  one representative from each of the following
	state agencies, appointed by the chief administrative officer of
	the respective agency:
	(A)  the Texas Workforce Commission;
	(B)  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
	(C)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department [Youth
	Commission];
	(D)  the Texas Education Agency [Juvenile
	Probation Commission]; [and]
	(E)  the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
	[and]
	(F)  the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department; and
	(G)  the Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial
	Commission for Children, Youth and Families; and
	(8)  as appointed by the attorney general:
	(A)  a chief public defender employed by a public
	defender's office, as defined by Article 26.044(a), Code of
	Criminal Procedure, or an attorney designated by the chief public
	defender;
	(B)  an attorney representing the state;
	(C)  a representative of:
	(i)  a hotel and motel association;
	(ii)  a district and county attorneys
	association; and
	(iii)  a state police association;
	(D)  representatives of sheriff's departments;
	(E)  representatives of local law enforcement
	agencies affected by human trafficking; and
	(F)  representatives of nongovernmental entities
	making comprehensive efforts to combat human trafficking by:
	(i)  identifying human trafficking victims;
	(ii)  providing legal or other services to
	human trafficking victims;
	(iii)  participating in community outreach
	or public awareness efforts regarding human trafficking;
	(iv)  providing or developing training
	regarding the prevention of human trafficking; or
	(v)  engaging in other activities designed
	to prevent human trafficking.
	(d)  The task force shall:
	(1)  collaborate, as needed to fulfill the duties of
	the task force, with:
	(A)  United States Attorneys' Offices [attorneys]
	for all of the federal districts of Texas; and
	(B)  special agents or customs and border
	protection officers and border patrol agents of:
	(i)  the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
	(ii)  the United States Drug Enforcement
	Administration;
	(iii)  the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
	Firearms and Explosives;
	(iv)  United States Immigration and Customs
	Enforcement; or
	(v)  the United States Department of
	Homeland Security;
	(2)  collect, organize, and periodically publish
	statistical data on the nature and extent of human trafficking in
	this state, including data described by Subdivisions (4)(A), (B),
	(C), (D), and (E);
	(3)  solicit cooperation and assistance from state and
	local governmental agencies, political subdivisions of the state,
	nongovernmental organizations, and other persons, as appropriate,
	for the purpose of collecting and organizing statistical data under
	Subdivision (2);
	(4)  ensure that each state or local governmental
	agency and political subdivision of the state and each state or
	local law enforcement agency, district attorney, or county attorney
	that assists in the prevention of human trafficking collects
	statistical data related to human trafficking, including, as
	appropriate:
	(A)  the number of investigations concerning,
	arrests and prosecutions for, and convictions of:
	(i)  the offense of trafficking of persons;
	and
	(ii)  the offense of forgery or an offense
	under Chapter 43, Penal Code, if committed as part of a criminal
	episode involving the trafficking of persons;
	(B)  demographic information on persons who are
	convicted of offenses described by Paragraph (A) and persons who
	are the victims of those offenses;
	(C)  geographic routes by which human trafficking
	victims are trafficked, including routes by which victims are
	trafficked across this state's international border, and
	geographic patterns in human trafficking, including the country or
	state of origin and the country or state of destination;
	(D)  means of transportation and methods used by
	persons who engage in trafficking to transport their victims; and
	(E)  social and economic factors that create a
	demand for the labor or services that victims of human trafficking
	are forced to provide;
	(5)  work with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement
	[Officer Standards and Education] to develop and conduct training
	for law enforcement personnel, victim service providers, and
	medical service providers to identify victims of human trafficking;
	(6)  work with the Texas Education Agency, the
	Department of Family and Protective Services, and the Health and
	Human Services Commission to:
	(A)  develop a list of key indicators that a
	person is a victim of human trafficking;
	(B)  develop a standardized curriculum for
	training doctors, nurses, emergency medical services personnel,
	teachers, school counselors, school administrators, and personnel
	from the Department of Family and Protective Services and the
	Health and Human Services Commission to identify and assist victims
	of human trafficking;
	(C)  train doctors, nurses, emergency medical
	services personnel, teachers, school counselors, school
	administrators, and personnel from the Department of Family and
	Protective Services and the Health and Human Services Commission to
	identify and assist victims of human trafficking;
	(D)  develop and conduct training for personnel
	from the Department of Family and Protective Services and the
	Health and Human Services Commission on methods for identifying
	children in foster care who may be at risk of becoming victims of
	human trafficking; and
	(E)  develop a process for referring identified
	human trafficking victims and individuals at risk of becoming
	victims to appropriate entities for services;
	(7)  on the request of a judge of a county court, county
	court at law, or district court or a county attorney, district
	attorney, or criminal district attorney, assist and train the judge
	or the judge's staff or the attorney or the attorney's staff in the
	recognition and prevention of human trafficking;
	(8)  examine training protocols related to human
	trafficking issues, as developed and implemented by federal, state,
	and local law enforcement agencies;
	(9)  collaborate with state and local governmental
	agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and nongovernmental
	organizations to implement a media awareness campaign in
	communities affected by human trafficking;
	(10)  develop recommendations on how to strengthen
	state and local efforts to prevent human trafficking, protect and
	assist human trafficking victims, and investigate and prosecute
	human trafficking offenders; and
	(11)  examine the extent to which human trafficking is
	associated with the operation of sexually oriented businesses, as
	defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, and the
	workplace or public health concerns that are created by the
	association of human trafficking and the operation of sexually
	oriented businesses.
	(f-1)  The following state agencies shall designate an
	individual who is authorized to coordinate the agency's resources
	to strengthen state and local efforts to prevent human trafficking,
	protect and assist human trafficking victims, and investigate and
	prosecute human trafficking offenders:
	(1)  the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
	(2)  the Department of Family and Protective Services;
	(3)  the Department of Public Safety;
	(4)  the Department of State Health Services;
	(5)  the Health and Human Services Commission;
	(6)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
	(7)  the office of the attorney general; and
	(8)  the office of the governor.
	(f-2)  Each state agency shall provide to the task force the
	name of the individual designated under Subsection (f-1).
	(h)  This section expires September 1, 2017 [2015].
	SECTION 11.  Chapter 772, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 772.0062 to read as follows:
	Sec. 772.0062.  CHILD SEX TRAFFICKING PREVENTION UNIT. (a)
	In this section:
	(1)  "Child sex trafficking" means conduct prohibited
	under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code.
	(2)  "Unit" means the Child Sex Trafficking Prevention
	Unit.
	(b)  The governor shall establish the Child Sex Trafficking
	Prevention Unit within the criminal justice division established
	under Section 772.006.
	(c)  The governor shall appoint a director for the unit to
	serve at the pleasure of the governor.
	(d)  The unit shall:
	(1)  assist the following agencies in leveraging and
	coordinating state resources directed toward child sex trafficking
	prevention:
	(A)  the office of the attorney general;
	(B)  the Health and Human Services Commission;
	(C)  the Department of Family and Protective
	Services;
	(D)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department;
	(E)  the Department of State Health Services;
	(F)  the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; and
	(G)  the Department of Public Safety;
	(2)  facilitate collaborative efforts among the
	agencies under Subdivision (1) to:
	(A)  prevent child sex trafficking;
	(B)  recover victims of child sex trafficking; and
	(C)  place victims of child sex trafficking in
	suitable short-term and long-term housing;
	(3)  collect and analyze research and information in
	all areas related to child sex trafficking, and distribute the
	research, information, and analyses to the agencies and to relevant
	nonprofit organizations;
	(4)  refer victims of child sex trafficking to
	available rehabilitation programs and other resources;
	(5)  provide support for child sex trafficking
	prosecutions; and
	(6)  develop recommendations for improving state
	efforts to prevent child sex trafficking, to be submitted to the
	legislature as part of the criminal justice division's biennial
	report required under Section 772.006(a)(9).
	SECTION 12.  Section 20A.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if, during a period that is
	30 or more days in duration, the person engages two or more times in
	conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 against
	one or more victims.
	SECTION 13.  Chapter 20A, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Section 20A.04 to read as follows:
	Sec. 20A.04.  ACCOMPLICE WITNESS; TESTIMONY AND IMMUNITY.
	(a) A party to an offense under this chapter may be required to
	provide evidence or testify about the offense.
	(b)  A party to an offense under this chapter may not be
	prosecuted for any offense about which the party is required to
	provide evidence or testify, and the evidence and testimony may not
	be used against the party in any adjudicatory proceeding except a
	prosecution for aggravated perjury. For purposes of this
	subsection, "adjudicatory proceeding" means a proceeding before a
	court or any other agency of government in which the legal rights,
	powers, duties, or privileges of specified parties are determined.
	(c)  A conviction under this chapter may be had on the
	uncorroborated testimony of a party to the offense.
	SECTION 14.  Section 43.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(c)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor,
	except that the offense is:
	(1)  a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has previously
	been convicted one or two times of an offense under this section;
	(2)  a state jail felony if the actor has previously
	been convicted three or more times of an offense under this section;
	or
	(3)  a felony of the second degree if the person
	solicited is:
	(A)  younger than 18 years of age, regardless of
	whether the actor knows the age of the person solicited at the time
	the actor commits the offense;
	(B)  represented to the actor as being younger
	than 18 years of age; or
	(C)  believed by the actor to be younger than 18
	years of age.
	SECTION 15.  The change in law made by this Act to Article
	12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, does not apply to an offense if
	the prosecution of that offense becomes barred by limitation before
	the effective date of this Act. The prosecution of that offense
	remains barred as if this Act had not taken effect.
	SECTION 16.  The changes in law made by this Act to Chapter
	56, Code of Criminal Procedure, apply only to a criminal offense
	committed or a violation that occurs on or after the effective date
	of this Act. A criminal offense committed or a violation that
	occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law
	in effect on the date the offense was committed or the violation
	occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose. For purposes of this section, a criminal offense was
	committed or a violation occurred before the effective date of this
	Act if any element of the offense or violation occurred before that
	date.
	SECTION 17.  The changes in law made by this Act to Article
	62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure, and Sections 20A.03 and
	43.02, Penal Code, apply only to an offense committed on or after
	the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the
	effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the
	date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in
	effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense
	was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element
	of the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 18.  (a) Not later than December 1, 2015, the
	Supreme Court of Texas shall adopt the rules necessary to provide
	the training required under Section 22.011, Government Code, as
	amended by this Act.
	(b)  Not later than December 1, 2015, the Texas Court of
	Criminal Appeals shall adopt the rules necessary to provide the
	training required under Section 22.110, Government Code, as amended
	by this Act.
	(c)  Notwithstanding Section 22.110, Government Code, as
	amended by this Act, a judge, master, referee, and magistrate who is
	in office on the effective date of this Act must complete the
	training required by Section 22.110, Government Code, as amended by
	this Act, as applicable, not later than December 1, 2017.
	SECTION 19.  The change in law made by this Act in adding
	Section 20A.04, Penal Code, applies to a criminal proceeding that
	commences on or after the effective date of this Act. A criminal
	proceeding that commences before the effective date of this Act is
	covered by the law in effect when the proceeding commenced, and the
	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 20.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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