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  By: Thompson of Harris, Dutton H.B. No. 3326
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3326:
 
  By:  Herrero C.S.H.B. No. 3326
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to decreasing the punishment for certain criminal
  offenses.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 502.001(c), Business & Commerce Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (c)  A restaurant or bar owner shall display in a prominent
  place on the premises of the restaurant or bar a sign stating in
  letters at least one-half inch high:  "UNDER SECTION 32.51, PENAL
  CODE, IT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR [STATE JAIL FELONY] (PUNISHABLE BY
  CONFINEMENT IN [A STATE] JAIL FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR) [TWO
  YEARS)] TO OBTAIN, POSSESS, TRANSFER, OR USE A CUSTOMER'S DEBIT
  CARD OR CREDIT CARD NUMBER WITHOUT THE CUSTOMER'S CONSENT."
         SECTION 2.  Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (d)  Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with
  committing an offense under:
               (1)  Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the
  offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) [(b)(1) or
  (2)] of that section;
               (1-a)  Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the
  offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that
  section;
               (2)  Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section;
               (3)  Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable under Subsection (b)(2) [(b)(1)] of that section;
               (4)  Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section;
               (5)  Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section;
               (6)  Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is
  punishable as a Class B misdemeanor; or
               (7)  Section 521.457, Transportation Code.
         SECTION 3.  Section 15(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
               (1)  On conviction of a state jail felony under Section
  481.115(b-1) [481.115(b)], 481.1151(b)(1), 481.116(b),
  481.1161(b)(3), 481.121(b)(4) [481.121(b)(3)], or 481.129(g)(1),
  Health and Safety Code, that is punished under Section 12.35(a),
  Penal Code, the judge shall suspend the imposition of the sentence
  and place the defendant on community supervision, unless the
  defendant has previously been convicted of a felony, other than a
  felony punished under Section 12.44(a), Penal Code, or unless the
  conviction resulted from an adjudication of the guilt of a
  defendant previously placed on deferred adjudication community
  supervision for the offense, in which event the judge may suspend
  the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community
  supervision or may order the sentence to be executed.  The
  provisions of this subdivision requiring the judge to suspend the
  imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community
  supervision do not apply to a defendant who:
                     (A)  under Section 481.1151(b)(1), Health and
  Safety Code, possessed more than five abuse units of the controlled
  substance;
                     (B)  under Section 481.1161(b)(3), Health and
  Safety Code, possessed more than one pound, by aggregate weight,
  including adulterants or dilutants, of the controlled substance; or
                     (C)  under Section 481.121(b)(4) [481.121(b)(3)],
  Health and Safety Code, possessed more than one pound of marihuana.
         SECTION 4.  Section 51.03(b), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Conduct indicating a need for supervision is:
               (1)  subject to Subsection (f), conduct, other than a
  traffic offense, that violates:
                     (A)  the penal laws of this state of the grade of
  misdemeanor that are punishable by fine only; or
                     (B)  the penal ordinances of any political
  subdivision of this state;
               (2)  the absence of a child on 10 or more days or parts
  of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on
  three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period from
  school;
               (3)  the voluntary absence of a child from the child's
  home without the consent of the child's parent or guardian for a
  substantial length of time or without intent to return;
               (4)  conduct prohibited by city ordinance or by state
  law involving the inhalation of the fumes or vapors of paint and
  other protective coatings or glue and other adhesives and the
  volatile chemicals itemized in Section 485.001, Health and Safety
  Code;
               (5)  an act that violates a school district's
  previously communicated written standards of student conduct for
  which the child has been expelled under Section 37.007(c),
  Education Code;
               (6)  conduct that violates a reasonable and lawful
  order of a court entered under Section 264.305;
               (7)  notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct
  described by Section 43.02(a) or (b) [43.02(a)(1) or (2)], Penal
  Code; or
               (8)  notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct that
  violates Section 43.261, Penal Code.
         SECTION 5.  Section 261.001(1), Family Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (1)  "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions
  by a person:
                     (A)  mental or emotional injury to a child that
  results in an observable and material impairment in the child's
  growth, development, or psychological functioning;
                     (B)  causing or permitting the child to be in a
  situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury
  that results in an observable and material impairment in the
  child's growth, development, or psychological functioning;
                     (C)  physical injury that results in substantial
  harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from
  physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at
  variance with the history or explanation given and excluding an
  accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or
  managing or possessory conservator that does not expose the child
  to a substantial risk of harm;
                     (D)  failure to make a reasonable effort to
  prevent an action by another person that results in physical injury
  that results in substantial harm to the child;
                     (E)  sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental,
  emotional, or physical welfare, including conduct that constitutes
  the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or children
  under Section 21.02, Penal Code, indecency with a child under
  Section 21.11, Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011,
  Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021,
  Penal Code;
                     (F)  failure to make a reasonable effort to
  prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child;
                     (G)  compelling or encouraging the child to engage
  in sexual conduct as defined by Section 43.01, Penal Code,
  including compelling or encouraging the child in a manner [conduct]
  that constitutes an offense of trafficking of persons under Section
  20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code, prostitution under Section
  43.02(b) [43.02(a)(2)], Penal Code, or compelling prostitution
  under Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code;
                     (H)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging
  in, or allowing the photographing, filming, or depicting of the
  child if the person knew or should have known that the resulting
  photograph, film, or depiction of the child is obscene as defined by
  Section 43.21, Penal Code, or pornographic;
                     (I)  the current use by a person of a controlled
  substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a
  manner or to the extent that the use results in physical, mental, or
  emotional injury to a child;
                     (J)  causing, expressly permitting, or
  encouraging a child to use a controlled substance as defined by
  Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code;
                     (K)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging
  in, or allowing a sexual performance by a child as defined by
  Section 43.25, Penal Code; or
                     (L)  knowingly causing, permitting, encouraging,
  engaging in, or allowing a child to be trafficked in a manner
  punishable as an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or
  (8), Penal Code, or the failure to make a reasonable effort to
  prevent a child from being trafficked in a manner punishable as an
  offense under any of those sections.
         SECTION 6.  Section 169.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court of a county or governing body of
  a municipality may establish a first offender prostitution
  prevention program for defendants charged with an offense under
  Section 43.02(b) [43.02(a)(2)], Penal Code[, in which the defendant
  offered or agreed to hire a person to engage in sexual conduct].
         SECTION 7.  Section 169A.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  The commissioners court of a county or governing body of
  a municipality may establish a prostitution prevention program for
  defendants charged with an offense under Section 43.02(a)
  [43.02(a)(1)], Penal Code[, in which the defendant offered or
  agreed to engage in or engaged in sexual conduct for a fee].
         SECTION 8.  Section 481.115, Health and Safety Code, is
  amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), an [An] offense
  under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor [state jail felony] if
  the amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate
  weight, including adulterants or dilutants, less than one gram.
         (b-1)  An offense punishable under Subsection (b) is a state
  jail felony if the person has been previously convicted of an
  offense under this section or Section 481.1151, 481.116, 481.1161,
  481.117, 481.118, or 481.121.
         SECTION 9.  Section 481.121(b), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An offense under Subsection (a) is:
               (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana
  possessed is one ounce or less;
               (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana
  possessed is two ounces or less but more than one ounce;
               (3) [(2)]  a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of
  marihuana possessed is four ounces or less but more than two ounces;
               (4) [(3)]  a state jail felony if the amount of
  marihuana possessed is five pounds or less but more than four
  ounces;
               (5) [(4)]  a felony of the third degree if the amount of
  marihuana possessed is 50 pounds or less but more than 5 pounds;
               (6) [(5)]  a felony of the second degree if the amount
  of marihuana possessed is 2,000 pounds or less but more than 50
  pounds; and
               (7) [(6)]  punishable by imprisonment in the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more
  than 99 years or less than 5 years, and a fine not to exceed $50,000,
  if the amount of marihuana possessed is more than 2,000 pounds.
         SECTION 10.  Section 481.126(a), Health and Safety Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the person:
               (1)  barters property or expends funds the person knows
  are derived from the commission of an offense under this chapter
  punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice for life;
               (2)  barters property or expends funds the person knows
  are derived from the commission of an offense under Section
  481.121(a) that is punishable under Section 481.121(b)(6)
  [481.121(b)(5)];
               (3)  barters property or finances or invests funds the
  person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of
  an offense for which the punishment is described by Subdivision
  (1); or
               (4)  barters property or finances or invests funds the
  person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of
  an offense under Section 481.121(a) that is punishable under
  Section 481.121(b)(6) [481.121(b)(5)].
         SECTION 11.  Sections 481.134(c), (d), (e), and (f), Health
  and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows:
         (c)  The minimum term of confinement or imprisonment for an
  offense otherwise punishable under Section 481.112(c), (d), (e), or
  (f), 481.113(c), (d), or (e), 481.114(c), (d), or (e),
  481.115(c)-(f), 481.116(c), (d), or (e), 481.1161(b)(4), (5), or
  (6), 481.117(c), (d), or (e), 481.118(c), (d), or (e),
  481.120(b)(4), (5), or (6), or 481.121(b)(5), (6), or (7)
  [481.121(b)(4), (5), or (6)] is increased by five years and the
  maximum fine for the offense is doubled if it is shown on the trial
  of the offense that the offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of a
  school, the premises of a public or private youth center, or a
  playground; or
               (2)  on a school bus.
         (d)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section
  481.112(b), 481.113(b), 481.114(b), 481.115(b-1) [481.115(b)],
  481.116(b), 481.1161(b)(3), 481.120(b)(3), or 481.121(b)(4)
  [481.121(b)(3)] is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on
  the trial of the offense that the offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property
  that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the
  premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or
               (2)  on a school bus.
         (e)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section
  481.117(b), 481.119(a), 481.120(b)(2), or 481.121(b)(3)
  [481.121(b)(2)] is a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial
  of the offense that the offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property
  that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the
  premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or
               (2)  on a school bus.
         (f)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section
  481.118(b), 481.119(b), 481.120(b)(1), or 481.121(b)(1) or (2) is a
  Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense that
  the offense was committed:
               (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property
  that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the
  premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or
               (2)  on a school bus.
         SECTION 12.  Section 28.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsections (f) and (h), an
  offense under this section is:
               (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if:
                     (A)  the amount of pecuniary loss is less than
  $500 [$50]; or
                     (B)  except as provided in Subdivision (3)(A) or
  (3)(B), it causes substantial inconvenience to others;
               (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary
  loss is $500 [$50] or more but less than $1,500 [$500];
               (3)  a Class A misdemeanor if:
                     (A)  the amount of pecuniary loss
  is $1,500 [$500] or more but less than $20,000 [$1,500]; or
                     (B)  the actor causes in whole or in part
  impairment or interruption of any public water supply, or causes to
  be diverted in whole, in part, or in any manner, including
  installation or removal of any device for any such purpose, any
  public water supply, regardless of the amount of the pecuniary
  loss;
               (4)  a state jail felony if the amount of pecuniary loss
  is:
                     (A)  [$1,500 or more but less than $20,000;
                     [(B)]  less than $20,000 [$1,500], if the property
  damaged or destroyed is a habitation and if the damage or
  destruction is caused by a firearm or explosive weapon;
                     (B) [(C)]  less than $20,000 [$1,500], if the
  property was a fence used for the production or containment of:
                           (i)  cattle, bison, horses, sheep, swine,
  goats, exotic livestock, or exotic poultry; or
                           (ii)  game animals as that term is defined by
  Section 63.001, Parks and Wildlife Code; or
                     (C) [(D)]  less than $20,000 and the actor causes
  wholly or partly impairment or interruption of public
  communications, public transportation, public gas or power supply,
  or other public service, or causes to be diverted wholly, partly, or
  in any manner, including installation or removal of any device for
  any such purpose, any public communications or public gas or power
  supply;
               (5)  a felony of the third degree if the amount of the
  pecuniary loss is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000;
               (6)  a felony of the second degree if the amount of
  pecuniary loss is $100,000 or more but less than $200,000; or
               (7)  a felony of the first degree if the amount of
  pecuniary loss is $200,000 or more.
         SECTION 13.  Sections 28.08(b) and (d), Penal Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under
  this section is:
               (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary
  loss is less than $100;
               (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary
  loss is $100 or more but less than $750 [$500];
               (3) [(2)]  a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of
  pecuniary loss is $750 [$500] or more but less than $2,500 [$1,500];
               (4) [(3)]  a state jail felony if the amount of
  pecuniary loss is $2,500 [$1,500] or more but less than $30,000 
  [$20,000];
               (5) [(4)]  a felony of the third degree if the amount of
  pecuniary loss is $30,000 [$20,000] or more but less than $150,000 
  [$100,000];
               (6) [(5)]  a felony of the second degree if the amount
  of pecuniary loss is $150,000 [$100,000] or more but less than
  $300,000 [$200,000]; or
               (7) [(6)]  a felony of the first degree if the amount of
  pecuniary loss is $300,000 [$200,000] or more.
         (d)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony if:
               (1)  the marking is made on a school, an institution of
  higher education, a place of worship or human burial, a public
  monument, or a community center that provides medical, social, or
  educational programs; and
               (2)  the amount of the pecuniary loss to real property
  or to tangible personal property is $750 or more but less than
  $30,000 [$20,000].
         SECTION 14.  Section 30.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under
  this section is a:
               (1)  Class A misdemeanor [state jail felony] if
  committed in a building other than a habitation; or
               (2)  felony of the second degree if committed in a
  habitation.
         SECTION 15.  Section 31.03(e), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (e)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), an offense under
  this section is:
               (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the value of the property
  stolen is less than $500 [:
                     [(A)  $50; or
                     [(B)     $20 and the defendant obtained the property
  by issuing or passing a check or similar sight order in a manner
  described by Section 31.06];
               (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if:
                     (A)  the value of the property stolen is $500 [:
                           [(i)  $50] or more but less than $1,500
  [$500]; [or
                           [(ii)     $20 or more but less than $500 and the
  defendant obtained the property by issuing or passing a check or
  similar sight order in a manner described by Section 31.06;]
                     (B)  the value of the property stolen is less than
  $500 [:
                           [(i)  $50] and the defendant has previously
  been convicted of any grade of theft; or
                           [(ii)     $20, the defendant has previously
  been convicted of any grade of theft, and the defendant obtained the
  property by issuing or passing a check or similar sight order in a
  manner described by Section 31.06; or]
                     (C)  the property stolen is a driver's license,
  commercial driver's license, or personal identification
  certificate issued by this state or another state;
               (3)  a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the property
  stolen is $1,500 [$500] or more but less than $20,000 [$1,500];
               (4)  a state jail felony if:
                     (A)  [the value of the property stolen is $1,500
  or more but less than $20,000, or] the property is less than 10 head
  of sheep, swine, or goats or any part thereof under the value of
  $20,000;
                     (B)  regardless of value, the property is stolen
  from the person of another or from a human corpse or grave,
  including property that is a military grave marker;
                     (C)  the property stolen is a firearm, as defined
  by Section 46.01;
                     (D)  the value of the property stolen is less than
  $20,000 [$1,500] and the defendant has been previously convicted
  two or more times of any grade of theft;
                     (E)  the property stolen is an official ballot or
  official carrier envelope for an election; or
                     (F)  the value of the property stolen is less than
  $20,000 and the property stolen is:
                           (i)  aluminum;
                           (ii)  bronze;
                           (iii)  copper; or
                           (iv)  brass;
               (5)  a felony of the third degree if the value of the
  property stolen is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000, or the
  property is:
                     (A)  cattle, horses, or exotic livestock or exotic
  fowl as defined by Section 142.001, Agriculture Code, stolen during
  a single transaction and having an aggregate value of less than
  $100,000; or
                     (B)  10 or more head of sheep, swine, or goats
  stolen during a single transaction and having an aggregate value of
  less than $100,000;
               (6)  a felony of the second degree if:
                     (A)  the value of the property stolen is $100,000
  or more but less than $200,000; or
                     (B)  the value of the property stolen is less than
  $200,000 and the property stolen is an automated teller machine or
  the contents or components of an automated teller machine; or
               (7)  a felony of the first degree if the value of the
  property stolen is $200,000 or more.
         SECTION 16.  Sections 31.04(b) and (e), Penal Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  For purposes of this section, intent to avoid payment is
  presumed if:
               (1)  the actor absconded without paying for the service
  or expressly refused to pay for the service in circumstances where
  payment is ordinarily made immediately upon rendering of the
  service, as in hotels, campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks,
  restaurants, and comparable establishments;
               (2)  the actor failed to make payment under a service
  agreement within 10 days after receiving notice demanding payment;
               (3)  the actor returns property held under a rental
  agreement after the expiration of the rental agreement and fails to
  pay the applicable rental charge for the property within 10 days
  after the date on which the actor received notice demanding
  payment; or
               (4)  the actor failed to return the property held under
  a rental agreement:
                     (A)  within five days after receiving notice
  demanding return, if the property is valued at less than $2,500 
  [$1,500]; or
                     (B)  within three days after receiving notice
  demanding return, if the property is valued at $2,500 [$1,500] or
  more.
         (e)  An offense under this section is:
               (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the value of the service
  stolen is less than $100 [$20];
               (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the value of the service
  stolen is $100 [$20] or more but less than $750 [$500];
               (3)  a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the service
  stolen is $750 [$500] or more but less than $2,500 [$1,500];
               (4)  a state jail felony if the value of the service
  stolen is $2,500 [$1,500] or more but less than $30,000 [$20,000];
               (5)  a felony of the third degree if the value of the
  service stolen is $30,000 [$20,000] or more but less than $150,000 
  [$100,000];
               (6)  a felony of the second degree if the value of the
  service stolen is $150,000 [$100,000] or more but less than
  $300,000 [$200,000]; or
               (7)  a felony of the first degree if the value of the
  service stolen is $300,000 [$200,000] or more.
         SECTION 17.  Section 32.21(c), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  Except as provided by Subsections [(d),] (e) [,] and
  (e-1), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
         SECTION 18.  Section 32.31(d), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (d)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor
  [state jail felony], except that the offense is a felony of the
  third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the
  offense was committed against an elderly individual as defined by
  Section 22.04.
         SECTION 19.  Section 32.51(c), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         (c)  An offense under this section is:
               (1)  a Class A misdemeanor [state jail felony] if the
  number of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is less
  than five;
               (2)  a state jail felony [of the third degree] if the
  number of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is five
  or more but less than 10;
               (3)  a felony of the third [second] degree if the number
  of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is 10 or more but
  less than 50; or
               (4)  a felony of the second [first] degree if the number
  of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is 50 or more.
         SECTION 20.  Section 43.02, Penal Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections
  (b-1) and (c-1) to read as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if, in return for receipt of
  a fee, the person knowingly:
               (1)  offers to engage, agrees to engage, or engages in
  sexual conduct [for a fee]; or
               (2)  solicits another in a public place to engage with
  the actor [person] in sexual conduct for hire.
         (b)  A person commits an offense if, based on the payment of a
  fee by the actor or another person on behalf of the actor, the
  person knowingly:
               (1)  offers to engage, agrees to engage, or engages in
  sexual conduct; or
               (2)  solicits another in a public place to engage with
  the actor in sexual conduct for hire.
         (b-1)  An offense is established under Subsection (a)
  regardless of [(a)(1)] whether the actor is offered or actually
  receives the [is to receive or pay a] fee.  An offense is
  established under Subsection (b) regardless of [(a)(2)] whether the
  actor or another person on behalf of the actor offers or actually
  pays the fee [solicits a person to hire the actor or offers to hire
  the person solicited].
         (c)  An offense under Subsection (a) [this section] is a
  Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class A
  misdemeanor if the actor has previously been convicted one or more
  times of an offense under that subsection.
         (c-1)  An offense under Subsection (b) 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 that subsection
  [this section];
               (2)  a state jail felony if the actor has previously
  been convicted three or more times of an offense under that
  subsection [this section]; or
               (3)  a felony of the second degree if the person
  solicited is 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.
         (d)  It is a defense to prosecution for an offense under
  Subsection (a) [under this section] that the actor engaged in the
  conduct that constitutes the offense because the actor was the
  victim of conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02
  or 43.05.
         SECTION 21.  Section 32.21(d), Penal Code, is repealed.
         SECTION 22.  (a)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall report to the
  legislature on the financial impact to the state during the
  preceding state fiscal year of reducing penalties under this Act.
         (b)  The report must include an analysis of incarceration
  costs incurred by the state and local governments, including the
  cost of constructing prisons and jails.
         (c)  The comptroller shall verify the findings of the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice in analyzing the cost savings
  realized by the state under this Act. The Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice may retain the amount of the actual savings
  attributable to implementation of this Act, to the extent that the
  savings come from funds appropriated to the department and to the
  extent the department distributed that amount to programs or
  facilities for the supervision and rehabilitation of offenders. The
  Texas Department of Criminal Justice may transfer savings
  attributable to implementation of this Act from the first year of
  the fiscal biennium to the second year of the fiscal biennium,
  provided that the department uses the full amount transferred for
  distribution to programs or facilities for the supervision and
  rehabilitation of offenders.
         SECTION 23.  The changes in law made by this Act 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 24.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.