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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to certain sexual offenses and certain other offenses |
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involving conduct of a sexual nature, including the creation of the |
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criminal offenses of sexual coercion, indecent assault, and |
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possession or promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child, |
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and to certain criminal acts committed in relation to those |
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offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 21, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 21.18 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 21.18. SEXUAL COERCION. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Intimate visual material" means the visual |
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material described by Section 21.16(b)(1) or (c), as added by |
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Chapter 852 (S.B. 1135), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2015. |
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(2) "Sexual conduct" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 43.25. |
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(b) A person commits an offense if: |
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(1) with the intent to coerce another person either to |
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engage in sexual conduct or to produce, provide, or distribute |
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intimate visual material, the actor communicates a threat: |
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(A) against the other person's person, property, |
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or reputation; or |
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(B) to distribute or cause distribution of |
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intimate visual material of the other person; or |
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(2) the actor knowingly causes another person to |
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engage in sexual conduct or to produce, provide, or distribute |
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intimate visual material, by means of a threat: |
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(A) against the other person's person, property, |
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or reputation; or |
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(B) to distribute or cause distribution of |
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intimate visual material of the other person. |
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(c) This section applies to a threat regardless of how that |
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threat is communicated, including a threat transmitted through |
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e-mail or an Internet website, social media account, or chat room |
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and a threat made by other electronic or technological means. |
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(d) An offense under this section is a state jail felony, |
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except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if it is |
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shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has previously |
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been convicted of an offense under this section. |
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(e) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this |
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section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor |
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may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. |
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SECTION 2. Section 22.011, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) A sexual assault under Subsection (a)(1) is without the |
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consent of the other person if: |
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(1) the actor compels the other person to submit or |
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participate by the use of physical force, [or] violence, or |
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coercion; |
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(2) the actor compels the other person to submit or |
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participate by threatening to use force or violence against the |
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other person or to cause harm to the other person, and the other |
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person believes that the actor has the present ability to execute |
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the threat; |
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(3) the other person has not consented and the actor |
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knows the other person is: |
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(A) unconscious; |
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(B) [or] physically unable to resist; |
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(C) incapable of appraising the nature of the |
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act; or |
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(D) unaware that the sexual assault is occurring; |
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(4) the actor knows that as a result of mental disease |
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or defect the other person is at the time of the sexual assault |
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incapable either of appraising the nature of the act or of resisting |
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it; |
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(5) [the other person has not consented and the actor
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knows the other person is unaware that the sexual assault is
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occurring;
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[(6)
the actor has intentionally impaired the other
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person's power to appraise or control the other person's conduct by
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administering any substance without the other person's knowledge;
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[(7)] the actor compels the other person to submit or |
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participate by threatening to use force or violence against any |
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person, and the other person believes that the actor has the ability |
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to execute the threat; |
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(6) [(8)
the actor is a public servant who coerces the
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other person to submit or participate;
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[(9)] the actor is a mental health services provider |
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or a health care services provider who causes the other person, who |
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is a patient or former patient of the actor, to submit or |
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participate by exploiting the other person's emotional dependency |
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on the actor; |
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(7) [(10)] the actor is a clergyman who causes the |
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other person to submit or participate by exploiting the other |
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person's emotional dependency on the clergyman in the clergyman's |
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professional character as spiritual adviser; [or] |
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(8) [(11)] the actor is an employee of a facility |
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where the other person is a resident, unless the employee and |
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resident are formally or informally married to each other under |
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Chapter 2, Family Code; or |
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(9) the actor knows that the other person has |
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withdrawn consent to the act and the actor persists in the act after |
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consent is withdrawn. |
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(e-1) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section |
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that the actor mistakenly believed that the other person consented |
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to the conduct if a reasonable person should have known or |
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understood that the other person did not consent to the conduct. |
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SECTION 3. Chapter 22, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 22.012 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 22.012. INDECENT ASSAULT. (a) A person commits an |
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offense if, without the other person's consent and with the intent |
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to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, the person: |
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(1) touches, including through clothing, the anus, |
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breast, or any part of the genitals of another person; |
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(2) touches another person, including through |
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clothing, with the anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of any |
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person; |
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(3) exposes or attempts to expose another person's |
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genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks, or female areola; or |
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(4) causes another person to contact the blood, |
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seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of any |
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person, including contact occurring through clothing. |
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(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. |
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(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this |
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section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor |
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may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. |
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SECTION 4. Section 22.021, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense: |
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(1) if the person: |
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(A) intentionally or knowingly: |
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(i) causes the penetration of the anus or |
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sexual organ of another person by any means, without that person's |
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consent; |
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(ii) causes the penetration of the mouth of |
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another person by the sexual organ of the actor, without that |
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person's consent; or |
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(iii) causes the sexual organ of another |
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person, without that person's consent, to contact or penetrate the |
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mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the |
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actor; or |
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(B) intentionally or knowingly: |
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(i) causes the penetration of the anus or |
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sexual organ of a child by any means; |
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(ii) causes the penetration of the mouth of |
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a child by the sexual organ of the actor; |
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(iii) causes the sexual organ of a child to |
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contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another |
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person, including the actor; |
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(iv) causes the anus of a child to contact |
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the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the |
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actor; or |
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(v) causes the mouth of a child to contact |
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the anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; and |
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(2) if: |
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(A) the person: |
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(i) causes serious bodily injury or |
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attempts to cause the death of the victim or another person in the |
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course of the same criminal episode; |
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(ii) by acts or words places the victim in |
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fear that any person will become the victim of an offense under |
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Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or that death, serious |
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bodily injury, or kidnapping will be imminently inflicted on any |
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person; |
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(iii) by acts or words occurring in the |
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presence of the victim threatens to cause any person to become the |
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victim of an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or |
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to cause the death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping of any |
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person; |
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(iv) uses or exhibits a deadly weapon in the |
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course of the same criminal episode; |
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(v) acts in concert with another who |
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engages in conduct described by Subdivision (1) directed toward the |
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same victim and occurring during the course of the same criminal |
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episode; or |
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(vi) with the intent of facilitating the |
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commission of the offense, administers or provides [flunitrazepam,
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otherwise known as rohypnol, gamma hydroxybutyrate, or ketamine] to |
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the victim of the offense any substance capable of impairing the |
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victim's ability to appraise the nature of the act or to resist the |
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act [with the intent of facilitating the commission of the
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offense]; |
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(B) the victim is younger than 14 years of age; or |
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(C) the victim is an elderly individual or a |
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disabled individual. |
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(d-1) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section |
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that the actor mistakenly believed that the other person consented |
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to the conduct if a reasonable person should have known or |
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understood that the other person did not consent to the conduct. |
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SECTION 5. Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Penal Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 43.262 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.262. POSSESSION OR PROMOTION OF LEWD VISUAL |
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MATERIAL DEPICTING CHILD. (a) In this section: |
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(1) "Promote" and "sexual conduct" have the meanings |
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assigned by Section 43.25. |
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(2) "Visual material" has the meaning assigned by |
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Section 43.26. |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly |
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possesses, accesses with intent to view, or promotes visual |
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material that: |
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(1) depicts the lewd exhibition of the genitals or |
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pubic area of an unclothed, partially clothed, or clothed child who |
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is younger than 18 years of age at the time the visual material was |
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created; |
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(2) appeals to the prurient interest in sex; and |
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(3) has no serious literary, artistic, political, or |
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scientific value. |
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(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony, |
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except that the offense is: |
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(1) a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the |
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trial of the offense that the person has been previously convicted |
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one time of an offense under this section or Section 43.26; and |
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(2) a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the |
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trial of the offense that the person has been previously convicted |
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two or more times of an offense under this section or Section 43.26. |
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(d) It is not a defense to prosecution under this section |
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that the depicted child consented to the creation of the visual |
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material. |
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SECTION 6. The heading to Chapter 7A, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 7A. PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR |
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ABUSE, INDECENT ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING |
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SECTION 7. Article 7A.01(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The following persons may file an application for a |
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protective order under this chapter without regard to the |
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relationship between the applicant and the alleged offender: |
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(1) a person who is the victim of an offense under |
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Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 42.072, Penal |
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Code; |
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(2) a person who is the victim of an offense under |
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Section 20A.02, 20A.03, or 43.05, Penal Code; |
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(3) a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a person |
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younger than 17 years of age who is the victim of an offense listed |
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in Subdivision (1); |
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(4) a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a person |
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younger than 18 years of age who is the victim of an offense listed |
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in Subdivision (2); or |
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(5) a prosecuting attorney acting on behalf of a |
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person described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4). |
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SECTION 8. Article 7A.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 7A.02. TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDER. If the court finds |
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from the information contained in an application for a protective |
|
order that there is a clear and present danger of sexual assault or |
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abuse, indecent assault, stalking, trafficking, or other harm to |
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the applicant, the court, without further notice to the alleged |
|
offender and without a hearing, may enter a temporary ex parte order |
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for the protection of the applicant or any other member of the |
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applicant's family or household. |
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SECTION 9. Article 7A.03(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) At the close of a hearing on an application for a |
|
protective order under this chapter, the court shall find whether |
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there are reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant is the |
|
victim of sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or |
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trafficking. |
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SECTION 10. Article 7A.035, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 7A.035. HEARSAY STATEMENT OF CHILD VICTIM. In a |
|
hearing on an application for a protective order under this |
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chapter, a statement that is made by a child younger than 14 years |
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of age who is the victim of an offense under Section 21.02, 21.11, |
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22.011, 22.012, or 22.021, Penal Code, and that describes the |
|
offense committed against the child is admissible as evidence in |
|
the same manner that a child's statement regarding alleged abuse |
|
against the child is admissible under Section 104.006, Family Code, |
|
in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. |
|
SECTION 11. Articles 17.292(a) and (g), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, are amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) At a defendant's appearance before a magistrate after |
|
arrest for an offense involving family violence or an offense under |
|
Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 42.072, Penal |
|
Code, the magistrate may issue an order for emergency protection on |
|
the magistrate's own motion or on the request of: |
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(1) the victim of the offense; |
|
(2) the guardian of the victim; |
|
(3) a peace officer; or |
|
(4) the attorney representing the state. |
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(g) An order for emergency protection issued under this |
|
article must contain the following statements printed in bold-face |
|
type or in capital letters: |
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"A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER BY COMMISSION OF AN ACT PROHIBITED |
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BY THE ORDER MAY BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF AS MUCH AS $4,000 OR BY |
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CONFINEMENT IN JAIL FOR AS LONG AS ONE YEAR OR BY BOTH. AN ACT THAT |
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RESULTS IN [FAMILY VIOLENCE OR] A SEPARATE [STALKING OR
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TRAFFICKING] OFFENSE MAY BE PROSECUTED AS A SEPARATE MISDEMEANOR OR |
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FELONY OFFENSE, AS APPLICABLE, IN ADDITION TO A VIOLATION OF THIS |
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ORDER. IF THE ACT IS PROSECUTED AS A SEPARATE FELONY OFFENSE, IT IS |
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PUNISHABLE BY CONFINEMENT IN PRISON FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS. THE |
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POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A PERSON, OTHER THAN A PEACE OFFICER, AS |
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DEFINED BY SECTION 1.07, PENAL CODE, ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN EMPLOYMENT |
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AS A SWORN, FULL-TIME PAID EMPLOYEE OF A STATE AGENCY OR POLITICAL |
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SUBDIVISION, WHO IS SUBJECT TO THIS ORDER MAY BE PROSECUTED AS A |
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SEPARATE OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY CONFINEMENT OR IMPRISONMENT. |
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"NO PERSON, INCLUDING A PERSON WHO IS PROTECTED BY THIS |
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ORDER, MAY GIVE PERMISSION TO ANYONE TO IGNORE OR VIOLATE ANY |
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PROVISION OF THIS ORDER. DURING THE TIME IN WHICH THIS ORDER IS |
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VALID, EVERY PROVISION OF THIS ORDER IS IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT |
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UNLESS A COURT CHANGES THE ORDER." |
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SECTION 12. The heading to Article 56.021, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 56.021. RIGHTS OF VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE, |
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INDECENT ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING. |
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SECTION 13. (a) Article 56.021(d), Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, as added by Chapter 1032 (H.B. 1447), Acts of the 84th |
|
Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) This subsection applies only to a victim of an offense |
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under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, |
|
42.072, or 43.05, Penal Code. In addition to the rights enumerated |
|
in Article 56.02 and, if applicable, Subsection (a) of this |
|
article, a victim described by this subsection or a parent or |
|
guardian of the victim is entitled to the following rights within |
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the criminal justice system: |
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(1) the right to request that the attorney |
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representing the state, subject to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of |
|
Professional Conduct, file an application for a protective order |
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under Article 7A.01 on behalf of the victim; |
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(2) the right to be informed: |
|
(A) that the victim or the victim's parent or |
|
guardian, as applicable, may file an application for a protective |
|
order under Article 7A.01; |
|
(B) of the court in which the application for a |
|
protective order may be filed; and |
|
(C) that, on request of the victim or the |
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victim's parent or guardian, as applicable, and subject to the |
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Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, the attorney |
|
representing the state may file the application for a protective |
|
order; |
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(3) if the victim or the victim's parent or guardian, |
|
as applicable, is present when the defendant is convicted or placed |
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on deferred adjudication community supervision, the right to be |
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given by the court the information described by Subdivision (2) |
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and, if the court has jurisdiction over applications for protective |
|
orders that are filed under Article 7A.01, the right to file an |
|
application for a protective order immediately following the |
|
defendant's conviction or placement on deferred adjudication |
|
community supervision; and |
|
(4) if the victim or the victim's parent or guardian, |
|
as applicable, is not present when the defendant is convicted or |
|
placed on deferred adjudication community supervision, the right to |
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be given by the attorney representing the state the information |
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described by Subdivision (2). |
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(b) Article 56.021(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added |
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by Chapter 1153 (S.B. 630), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular |
|
Session, 2015, is repealed as duplicative of Article 56.021(d), |
|
Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 1032 (H.B. 1447), |
|
Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015. |
|
SECTION 14. Sections 411.042(b) and (g), Government Code, |
|
are amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) The bureau of identification and records shall: |
|
(1) procure and file for record photographs, pictures, |
|
descriptions, fingerprints, measurements, and other pertinent |
|
information of all persons arrested for or charged with a criminal |
|
offense or convicted of a criminal offense, regardless of whether |
|
the conviction is probated; |
|
(2) collect information concerning the number and |
|
nature of offenses reported or known to have been committed in the |
|
state and the legal steps taken in connection with the offenses, and |
|
other information useful in the study of crime and the |
|
administration of justice, including information that enables the |
|
bureau to create a statistical breakdown of: |
|
(A) offenses in which family violence was |
|
involved; |
|
(B) offenses under Sections 22.011 and 22.021, |
|
Penal Code; and |
|
(C) offenses under Sections 20A.02 and 43.05, |
|
Penal Code; |
|
(3) make ballistic tests of bullets and firearms and |
|
chemical analyses of bloodstains, cloth, materials, and other |
|
substances for law enforcement officers of the state; |
|
(4) cooperate with identification and crime records |
|
bureaus in other states and the United States Department of |
|
Justice; |
|
(5) maintain a list of all previous background checks |
|
for applicants for any position regulated under Chapter 1702, |
|
Occupations Code, who have undergone a criminal history background |
|
check under Section 411.119, if the check indicates a Class B |
|
misdemeanor or equivalent offense or a greater offense; |
|
(6) collect information concerning the number and |
|
nature of protective orders and magistrate's orders of emergency |
|
protection and all other pertinent information about all persons |
|
subject to active orders, including pertinent information about |
|
persons subject to conditions of bond imposed for the protection of |
|
the victim in any family violence, sexual assault or abuse, |
|
indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking case. Information in |
|
the law enforcement information system relating to an active order |
|
shall include: |
|
(A) the name, sex, race, date of birth, personal |
|
descriptors, address, and county of residence of the person to whom |
|
the order is directed; |
|
(B) any known identifying number of the person to |
|
whom the order is directed, including the person's social security |
|
number or driver's license number; |
|
(C) the name and county of residence of the |
|
person protected by the order; |
|
(D) the residence address and place of employment |
|
or business of the person protected by the order, unless that |
|
information is excluded from the order under Section 85.007, Family |
|
Code, or Article 17.292(e), Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(E) the child-care facility or school where a |
|
child protected by the order normally resides or which the child |
|
normally attends, unless that information is excluded from the |
|
order under Section 85.007, Family Code, or Article 17.292(e), Code |
|
of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(F) the relationship or former relationship |
|
between the person who is protected by the order and the person to |
|
whom the order is directed; |
|
(G) the conditions of bond imposed on the person |
|
to whom the order is directed, if any, for the protection of a |
|
victim in any family violence, sexual assault or abuse, indecent |
|
assault, stalking, or trafficking case; |
|
(H) any minimum distance the person subject to |
|
the order is required to maintain from the protected places or |
|
persons; and |
|
(I) the date the order expires; |
|
(7) grant access to criminal history record |
|
information in the manner authorized under Subchapter F; |
|
(8) collect and disseminate information regarding |
|
offenders with mental impairments in compliance with Chapter 614, |
|
Health and Safety Code; and |
|
(9) record data and maintain a state database for a |
|
computerized criminal history record system and computerized |
|
juvenile justice information system that serves: |
|
(A) as the record creation point for criminal |
|
history record information and juvenile justice information |
|
maintained by the state; and |
|
(B) as the control terminal for the entry of |
|
records, in accordance with federal law and regulations, federal |
|
executive orders, and federal policy, into the federal database |
|
maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. |
|
(g) The department may adopt reasonable rules under this |
|
section relating to: |
|
(1) law enforcement information systems maintained by |
|
the department; |
|
(2) the collection, maintenance, and correction of |
|
records; |
|
(3) reports of criminal history information submitted |
|
to the department; |
|
(4) active protective orders and reporting procedures |
|
that ensure that information relating to the issuance and dismissal |
|
of an active protective order is reported to the local law |
|
enforcement agency at the time of the order's issuance or dismissal |
|
and entered by the local law enforcement agency in the state's law |
|
enforcement information system; |
|
(5) the collection of information described by |
|
Subsection (h); |
|
(6) a system for providing criminal history record |
|
information through the criminal history clearinghouse under |
|
Section 411.0845; and |
|
(7) active conditions of bond imposed on a defendant |
|
for the protection of a victim in any family violence, sexual |
|
assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking case, |
|
and reporting procedures that ensure that information relating to |
|
the issuance, modification, or removal of the conditions of bond is |
|
reported, at the time of the issuance, modification, or removal, |
|
to: |
|
(A) the victim or, if the victim is deceased, a |
|
close relative of the victim; and |
|
(B) the local law enforcement agency for entry by |
|
the local law enforcement agency in the state's law enforcement |
|
information system. |
|
SECTION 15. The heading to Section 25.07, Penal Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 25.07. VIOLATION OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS OR CONDITIONS |
|
OF BOND IN A FAMILY VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE, INDECENT |
|
ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING CASE. |
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SECTION 16. Section 25.07(a), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if, in violation of a |
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condition of bond set in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse, |
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indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking case and related to the |
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safety of a victim or the safety of the community, an order issued |
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under Chapter 7A, Code of Criminal Procedure, an order issued under |
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Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure, an order issued under |
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Section 6.504, Family Code, Chapter 83, Family Code, if the |
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temporary ex parte order has been served on the person, or Chapter |
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85, Family Code, or an order issued by another jurisdiction as |
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provided by Chapter 88, Family Code, the person knowingly or |
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intentionally: |
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(1) commits family violence or an act in furtherance |
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of an offense under Section 20A.02, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or |
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42.072; |
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(2) communicates: |
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(A) directly with a protected individual or a |
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member of the family or household in a threatening or harassing |
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manner; |
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(B) a threat through any person to a protected |
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individual or a member of the family or household; or |
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(C) in any manner with the protected individual |
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or a member of the family or household except through the person's |
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attorney or a person appointed by the court, if the violation is of |
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an order described by this subsection and the order prohibits any |
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communication with a protected individual or a member of the family |
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or household; |
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(3) goes to or near any of the following places as |
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specifically described in the order or condition of bond: |
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(A) the residence or place of employment or |
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business of a protected individual or a member of the family or |
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household; or |
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(B) any child care facility, residence, or school |
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where a child protected by the order or condition of bond normally |
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resides or attends; |
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(4) possesses a firearm; |
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(5) harms, threatens, or interferes with the care, |
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custody, or control of a pet, companion animal, or assistance |
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animal that is possessed by a person protected by the order or |
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condition of bond; or |
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(6) removes, attempts to remove, or otherwise tampers |
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with the normal functioning of a global positioning monitoring |
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system. |
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SECTION 17. Section 25.07(b), Penal Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivision (8) to read as follows: |
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(8) "Indecent assault" means any conduct that |
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constitutes an offense under Section 22.012. |
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SECTION 18. The heading to Section 25.072, Penal Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 25.072. REPEATED VIOLATION OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS OR |
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CONDITIONS OF BOND IN FAMILY VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE, |
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INDECENT ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING CASE. |
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SECTION 19. Chapter 7A, Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
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amended by this Act, and Article 17.292, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, as amended by this Act, apply only to a protective order |
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or magistrate's order for emergency protection that is issued on or |
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after the effective date of this Act. An order issued before the |
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effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the |
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date the order is issued, and the former law is continued in effect |
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for that purpose. |
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SECTION 20. Article 56.021(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
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as amended by this Act, applies to a victim of criminally injurious |
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conduct for which a judgment of conviction is entered or a grant of |
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deferred adjudication is made on or after the effective date of this |
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Act, regardless of whether the criminally injurious conduct |
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occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 21. Sections 22.011, 22.021, 25.07, and 25.072, |
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Penal Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an offense |
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committed on or after the effective date of this Act. An offense |
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committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the |
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law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former |
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law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this |
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section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this |
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Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 22. To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails |
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over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, |
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relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted |
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codes. |
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SECTION 23. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |