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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a prohibition on prosecuting or referring to juvenile |
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court certain persons for certain conduct constituting the offense |
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of prostitution and to a change in terminology involving certain |
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conduct constituting the offense of compelling prostitution. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 51.03, Family Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (d) to read as |
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follows: |
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(b) Conduct indicating a need for supervision is: |
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(1) subject to Subsection (f), conduct, other than a |
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traffic offense, that violates: |
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(A) the penal laws of this state of the grade of |
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misdemeanor that are punishable by fine only; or |
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(B) the penal ordinances of any political |
|
subdivision of this state; |
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(2) the voluntary absence of a child from the child's |
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home without the consent of the child's parent or guardian for a |
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substantial length of time or without intent to return; |
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(3) conduct prohibited by city ordinance or by state |
|
law involving the inhalation of the fumes or vapors of paint and |
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other protective coatings or glue and other adhesives and the |
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volatile chemicals itemized in Section 485.001, Health and Safety |
|
Code; |
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(4) an act that violates a school district's |
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previously communicated written standards of student conduct for |
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which the child has been expelled under Section 37.007(c), |
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Education Code; |
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(5) notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct |
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described by Section 43.02(b) [43.02(a) or (b)], Penal Code; or |
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(6) notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct that |
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violates Section 43.261, Penal Code. |
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(d) Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct that |
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violates Section 43.02(a), Penal Code, is not delinquent conduct or |
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conduct indicating a need for supervision. A child may not be |
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referred to the juvenile court for conduct that violates Section |
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43.02(a), Penal Code. |
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SECTION 2. Section 43.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (b-1) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A person may not be prosecuted for an offense under |
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Subsection (a) that the person committed when younger than 17 years |
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of age. |
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SECTION 3. The heading to Section 43.05, Penal Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 43.05. COMPELLING PROSTITUTION OR CHILD SEXUAL |
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EXPLOITATION. |
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SECTION 4. Sections 43.05(a) and (d), Penal Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: |
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(1) causes another by force, threat, coercion, or |
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fraud to commit prostitution; or |
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(2) causes by any means a child younger than 18 years |
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to engage in conduct described by Section 43.02(a) [commit |
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prostitution], regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the |
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child at the time of the offense. |
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(d) For purposes of this section, "coercion" as defined by |
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Section 1.07 includes: |
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(1) destroying, concealing, confiscating, or |
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withholding from a person, or threatening to destroy, conceal, |
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confiscate, or withhold from a person, the person's actual or |
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purported: |
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(A) government records; or |
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(B) identifying information or documents; |
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(2) causing a person, without the person's consent, to |
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become intoxicated, as defined by Section 49.01, to a degree that |
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impairs the person's ability to appraise the nature of the person's |
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conduct described by Section 43.02(a) [that constitutes |
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prostitution] or to resist engaging in that conduct; or |
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(3) withholding alcohol or a controlled substance to a |
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degree that impairs the ability of a person with a chemical |
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dependency, as defined by Section 462.001, Health and Safety Code, |
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to appraise the nature of the person's conduct described by Section |
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43.02(a) [that constitutes prostitution] or to resist engaging in |
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that conduct. |
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SECTION 5. Section 16.0045(a), Civil Practice and Remedies |
|
Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person must bring suit for personal injury not later |
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than 30 years after the day the cause of action accrues if the |
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injury arises as a result of conduct that violates: |
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(1) Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code (sexual assault |
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of a child); |
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(2) Section 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code (aggravated |
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sexual assault of a child); |
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(3) Section 21.02, Penal Code (continuous sexual abuse |
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of young child or children); |
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(4) Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or |
|
Section 20A.02(a)(8), Penal Code, involving an activity described |
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by Section 20A.02(a)(7)(A), (B), (C), (D), or (H) or sexual conduct |
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with a child trafficked in the manner described by Section |
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20A.02(a)(7), Penal Code (certain sexual trafficking of a child); |
|
(5) Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code (compelling |
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[prostitution by a] child sexual exploitation); or |
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(6) Section 21.11, Penal Code (indecency with a |
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child). |
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SECTION 6. Section 125.0015(a), Civil Practice and Remedies |
|
Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) A person who maintains a place to which persons |
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habitually go for the following purposes and who knowingly |
|
tolerates the activity and furthermore fails to make reasonable |
|
attempts to abate the activity maintains a common nuisance: |
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(1) discharge of a firearm in a public place as |
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prohibited by the Penal Code; |
|
(2) reckless discharge of a firearm as prohibited by |
|
the Penal Code; |
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(3) engaging in organized criminal activity as a |
|
member of a combination as prohibited by the Penal Code; |
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(4) delivery, possession, manufacture, or use of a |
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substance or other item in violation of Chapter 481, Health and |
|
Safety Code; |
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(5) gambling, gambling promotion, or communicating |
|
gambling information as prohibited by the Penal Code; |
|
(6) prostitution, promotion of prostitution, or |
|
aggravated promotion of prostitution as prohibited by the Penal |
|
Code; |
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(7) compelling prostitution or child sexual |
|
exploitation as prohibited by the Penal Code; |
|
(8) commercial manufacture, commercial distribution, |
|
or commercial exhibition of obscene material as prohibited by the |
|
Penal Code; |
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(9) aggravated assault as described by Section 22.02, |
|
Penal Code; |
|
(10) sexual assault as described by Section 22.011, |
|
Penal Code; |
|
(11) aggravated sexual assault as described by Section |
|
22.021, Penal Code; |
|
(12) robbery as described by Section 29.02, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(13) aggravated robbery as described by Section 29.03, |
|
Penal Code; |
|
(14) unlawfully carrying a weapon as described by |
|
Section 46.02, Penal Code; |
|
(15) murder as described by Section 19.02, Penal Code; |
|
(16) capital murder as described by Section 19.03, |
|
Penal Code; |
|
(17) continuous sexual abuse of young child or |
|
children as described by Section 21.02, Penal Code; |
|
(18) massage therapy or other massage services in |
|
violation of Chapter 455, Occupations Code; |
|
(19) employing a minor at a sexually oriented business |
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as defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code; |
|
(20) trafficking of persons as described by Section |
|
20A.02, Penal Code; |
|
(21) sexual conduct or performance by a child as |
|
described by Section 43.25, Penal Code; |
|
(22) employment harmful to a child as described by |
|
Section 43.251, Penal Code; |
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(23) criminal trespass as described by Section 30.05, |
|
Penal Code; |
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(24) disorderly conduct as described by Section 42.01, |
|
Penal Code; |
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(25) arson as described by Section 28.02, Penal Code; |
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(26) criminal mischief as described by Section 28.03, |
|
Penal Code, that causes a pecuniary loss of $500 or more; or |
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(27) a graffiti offense in violation of Section 28.08, |
|
Penal Code. |
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SECTION 7. Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Art. 12.01. FELONIES. Except as provided in Article 12.03, |
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felony indictments may be presented within these limits, and not |
|
afterward: |
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(1) no limitation: |
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(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: |
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(i) during the investigation of the offense |
|
biological matter is collected and the matter: |
|
(a) has not yet been subjected to |
|
forensic DNA testing; or |
|
(b) has been 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; or |
|
(ii) probable cause exists to believe that |
|
the defendant has committed the same or a similar sex offense |
|
against five or more victims; |
|
(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; |
|
(H) continuous trafficking of persons under |
|
Section 20A.03, Penal Code; or |
|
(I) compelling child sexual exploitation |
|
[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 the public servant exercises control in the |
|
public servant's 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) or (7); |
|
(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: |
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(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) exploitation of a child, elderly individual, |
|
or disabled individual under Section 32.53, Penal Code; |
|
(I) health care fraud under Section 35A.02, Penal |
|
Code; or |
|
(J) 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) 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; |
|
(7) two years from the date the offense was |
|
discovered: sexual assault punishable as a state jail felony under |
|
Section 22.011(f)(2), Penal Code; or |
|
(8) three years from the date of the commission of the |
|
offense: all other felonies. |
|
SECTION 8. Article 17.153(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) This article applies to a defendant charged with a |
|
felony offense under any of the following provisions of the Penal |
|
Code, if committed against a child younger than 14 years of age: |
|
(1) Chapter 21 (Sexual Offenses); |
|
(2) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct); |
|
(3) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child); |
|
(4) Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons), if the |
|
defendant is alleged to have: |
|
(A) trafficked the child with the intent or |
|
knowledge that the child would engage in sexual conduct, as defined |
|
by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or |
|
(B) benefited from participating in a venture |
|
that involved a trafficked child engaging in sexual conduct, as |
|
defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or |
|
(5) Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Child Sexual |
|
Exploitation [Prostitution]). |
|
SECTION 9. Section 1, Article 38.071, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 1. This article applies only to a hearing or proceeding |
|
in which the court determines that a child younger than 13 years of |
|
age would be unavailable to testify in the presence of the defendant |
|
about an offense defined by any of the following sections of the |
|
Penal Code: |
|
(1) Section 19.02 (Murder); |
|
(2) Section 19.03 (Capital Murder); |
|
(3) Section 19.04 (Manslaughter); |
|
(4) Section 20.04 (Aggravated Kidnapping); |
|
(5) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child); |
|
(6) Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault); |
|
(7) Section 22.02 (Aggravated Assault); |
|
(8) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault); |
|
(9) Section 22.04(e) (Injury to a Child, Elderly |
|
Individual, or Disabled Individual); |
|
(10) Section 22.04(f) (Injury to a Child, Elderly |
|
Individual, or Disabled Individual), if the conduct is committed |
|
intentionally or knowingly; |
|
(11) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct); |
|
(12) Section 29.03 (Aggravated Robbery); |
|
(13) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child); |
|
(14) Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young |
|
Child or Children); |
|
(15) Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Child Sexual |
|
Exploitation [Prostitution]); or |
|
(16) Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) (Trafficking of |
|
Persons). |
|
SECTION 10. Section 1, Article 38.072, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 1. This article applies to a proceeding in the |
|
prosecution of an offense under any of the following provisions of |
|
the Penal Code, if committed against a child younger than 14 years |
|
of age or a person with a disability: |
|
(1) Chapter 21 (Sexual Offenses) or 22 (Assaultive |
|
Offenses); |
|
(2) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct); |
|
(3) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child); |
|
(4) Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Child Sexual |
|
Exploitation [Prostitution]); |
|
(5) Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) (Trafficking of |
|
Persons); or |
|
(6) Section 15.01 (Criminal Attempt), if the offense |
|
attempted is described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), (4), or (5) of |
|
this section. |
|
SECTION 11. Section 1(a), Article 38.37, Code of Criminal |
|
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) Subsection (b) applies to a proceeding in the |
|
prosecution of a defendant for an offense, or an attempt or |
|
conspiracy to commit an offense, under the following provisions of |
|
the Penal Code: |
|
(1) if committed against a child under 17 years of age: |
|
(A) Chapter 21 (Sexual Offenses); |
|
(B) Chapter 22 (Assaultive Offenses); or |
|
(C) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct); |
|
or |
|
(2) if committed against a person younger than 18 |
|
years of age: |
|
(A) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a |
|
Child); |
|
(B) Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8); or |
|
(C) Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Child Sexual |
|
Exploitation [Prostitution]). |
|
SECTION 12. The heading to Article 42.0372, Code of |
|
Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
|
Art. 42.0372. MANDATORY RESTITUTION FOR CHILD VICTIMS OF |
|
TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS OR COMPELLING CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION |
|
[PROSTITUTION]. |
|
SECTION 13. Article 42A.054(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(a) Article 42A.053 does not apply to a defendant adjudged |
|
guilty of an offense under: |
|
(1) Section 15.03, Penal Code, if the offense is |
|
punishable as a felony of the first degree; |
|
(2) Section 19.02, Penal Code (Murder); |
|
(3) Section 19.03, Penal Code (Capital Murder); |
|
(4) Section 20.04, Penal Code (Aggravated |
|
Kidnapping); |
|
(5) Section 20A.02, Penal Code (Trafficking of |
|
Persons); |
|
(6) Section 20A.03, Penal Code (Continuous |
|
Trafficking of Persons); |
|
(7) Section 21.11, Penal Code (Indecency with a |
|
Child); |
|
(8) Section 22.011, Penal Code (Sexual Assault); |
|
(9) Section 22.021, Penal Code (Aggravated Sexual |
|
Assault); |
|
(10) Section 22.04(a)(1), Penal Code (Injury to a |
|
Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual), if: |
|
(A) the offense is punishable as a felony of the |
|
first degree; and |
|
(B) the victim of the offense is a child; |
|
(11) Section 29.03, Penal Code (Aggravated Robbery); |
|
(12) Section 30.02, Penal Code (Burglary), if: |
|
(A) the offense is punishable under Subsection |
|
(d) of that section; and |
|
(B) the actor committed the offense with the |
|
intent to commit a felony under Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, |
|
22.021, or 25.02, Penal Code; |
|
(13) Section 43.04, Penal Code (Aggravated Promotion |
|
of Prostitution); |
|
(14) Section 43.05, Penal Code (Compelling |
|
Prostitution or Child Sexual Exploitation); |
|
(15) Section 43.25, Penal Code (Sexual Performance by |
|
a Child); or |
|
(16) Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, for which |
|
punishment is increased under: |
|
(A) Section 481.140 of that code (Use of Child in |
|
Commission of Offense); or |
|
(B) Section 481.134(c), (d), (e), or (f) of that |
|
code (Drug-free Zones) if it is shown that the defendant has been |
|
previously convicted of an offense for which punishment was |
|
increased under any of those subsections. |
|
SECTION 14. 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), 21.09 (Bestiality), 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 43.04 (Aggravated |
|
promotion of prostitution), 43.05 (Compelling prostitution or |
|
child sexual exploitation), 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-1)(2) 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), (K), or (L); |
|
(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), (K), or (L), 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; |
|
(K) a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), |
|
(7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code; or |
|
(L) a violation of Section 20A.03 (Continuous |
|
trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the offense is based partly |
|
or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section |
|
20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code. |
|
SECTION 15. Article 66.102(h), Code of Criminal Procedure, |
|
is amended to read as follows: |
|
(h) In addition to the information described by this |
|
article, information in the computerized criminal history system |
|
must include the age of the victim of the offense if the offender |
|
was arrested for or charged with an offense under the following |
|
provisions of the Penal Code: |
|
(1) Section 20.04(a)(4) (Aggravated Kidnapping), if |
|
the offender committed the offense with the intent to violate or |
|
abuse the victim sexually; |
|
(2) Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons), if the |
|
offender: |
|
(A) trafficked a person with the intent or |
|
knowledge that the person would engage in sexual conduct, as |
|
defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or |
|
(B) benefited from participating in a venture |
|
that involved a trafficked person engaging in sexual conduct, as |
|
defined by Section 43.25, Penal Code; |
|
(3) Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young |
|
Child or Children); |
|
(4) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child); |
|
(5) Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault) or 22.021 |
|
(Aggravated Sexual Assault); |
|
(6) Section 30.02 (Burglary), if the offense is |
|
punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and the offender |
|
committed the offense with the intent to commit an offense |
|
described by Subdivision (1), (4), or (5); |
|
(7) Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Child Sexual |
|
Exploitation [Prostitution]); or |
|
(8) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child). |
|
SECTION 16. Section 54.031(a), Family Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(a) This section applies to a hearing under this title in |
|
which a child is alleged to be a delinquent child on the basis of a |
|
violation of any of the following provisions of the Penal Code, if a |
|
child 12 years of age or younger or a person with a disability is the |
|
alleged victim of the violation: |
|
(1) Chapter 21 (Sexual Offenses) or 22 (Assaultive |
|
Offenses); |
|
(2) Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct); |
|
(3) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a Child); |
|
(4) Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) (Trafficking of |
|
Persons); or |
|
(5) Section 43.05(a)(2) (Compelling Child Sexual |
|
Exploitation [Prostitution]). |
|
SECTION 17. Section 161.001(b), Family Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(b) The court may order termination of the parent-child |
|
relationship if the court finds by clear and convincing evidence: |
|
(1) that the parent has: |
|
(A) voluntarily left the child alone or in the |
|
possession of another not the parent and expressed an intent not to |
|
return; |
|
(B) voluntarily left the child alone or in the |
|
possession of another not the parent without expressing an intent |
|
to return, without providing for the adequate support of the child, |
|
and remained away for a period of at least three months; |
|
(C) voluntarily left the child alone or in the |
|
possession of another without providing adequate support of the |
|
child and remained away for a period of at least six months; |
|
(D) knowingly placed or knowingly allowed the |
|
child to remain in conditions or surroundings which endanger the |
|
physical or emotional well-being of the child; |
|
(E) engaged in conduct or knowingly placed the |
|
child with persons who engaged in conduct which endangers the |
|
physical or emotional well-being of the child; |
|
(F) failed to support the child in accordance |
|
with the parent's ability during a period of one year ending within |
|
six months of the date of the filing of the petition; |
|
(G) abandoned the child without identifying the |
|
child or furnishing means of identification, and the child's |
|
identity cannot be ascertained by the exercise of reasonable |
|
diligence; |
|
(H) voluntarily, and with knowledge of the |
|
pregnancy, abandoned the mother of the child beginning at a time |
|
during her pregnancy with the child and continuing through the |
|
birth, failed to provide adequate support or medical care for the |
|
mother during the period of abandonment before the birth of the |
|
child, and remained apart from the child or failed to support the |
|
child since the birth; |
|
(I) contumaciously refused to submit to a |
|
reasonable and lawful order of a court under Subchapter D, Chapter |
|
261; |
|
(J) been the major cause of: |
|
(i) the failure of the child to be enrolled |
|
in school as required by the Education Code; or |
|
(ii) the child's absence from the child's |
|
home without the consent of the parents or guardian for a |
|
substantial length of time or without the intent to return; |
|
(K) executed before or after the suit is filed an |
|
unrevoked or irrevocable affidavit of relinquishment of parental |
|
rights as provided by this chapter; |
|
(L) been convicted or has been placed on |
|
community supervision, including deferred adjudication community |
|
supervision, for being criminally responsible for the death or |
|
serious injury of a child under the following sections of the Penal |
|
Code, or under a law of another jurisdiction that contains elements |
|
that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under |
|
one of the following Penal Code sections, or adjudicated under |
|
Title 3 for conduct that caused the death or serious injury of a |
|
child and that would constitute a violation of one of the following |
|
Penal Code sections: |
|
(i) Section 19.02 (murder); |
|
(ii) Section 19.03 (capital murder); |
|
(iii) Section 19.04 (manslaughter); |
|
(iv) Section 21.11 (indecency with a |
|
child); |
|
(v) Section 22.01 (assault); |
|
(vi) Section 22.011 (sexual assault); |
|
(vii) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault); |
|
(viii) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual |
|
assault); |
|
(ix) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, |
|
elderly individual, or disabled individual); |
|
(x) Section 22.041 (abandoning or |
|
endangering child); |
|
(xi) Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual |
|
conduct); |
|
(xii) Section 43.25 (sexual performance by |
|
a child); |
|
(xiii) Section 43.26 (possession or |
|
promotion of child pornography); |
|
(xiv) Section 21.02 (continuous sexual |
|
abuse of young child or children); |
|
(xv) Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) |
|
(trafficking of persons); and |
|
(xvi) Section 43.05(a)(2) (compelling |
|
child sexual exploitation [prostitution]); |
|
(M) had his or her parent-child relationship |
|
terminated with respect to another child based on a finding that the |
|
parent's conduct was in violation of Paragraph (D) or (E) or |
|
substantially equivalent provisions of the law of another state; |
|
(N) constructively abandoned the child who has |
|
been in the permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the |
|
Department of Family and Protective Services for not less than six |
|
months, and: |
|
(i) the department has made reasonable |
|
efforts to return the child to the parent; |
|
(ii) the parent has not regularly visited |
|
or maintained significant contact with the child; and |
|
(iii) the parent has demonstrated an |
|
inability to provide the child with a safe environment; |
|
(O) failed to comply with the provisions of a |
|
court order that specifically established the actions necessary for |
|
the parent to obtain the return of the child who has been in the |
|
permanent or temporary managing conservatorship of the Department |
|
of Family and Protective Services for not less than nine months as a |
|
result of the child's removal from the parent under Chapter 262 for |
|
the abuse or neglect of the child; |
|
(P) used a controlled substance, as defined by |
|
Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a manner that endangered the |
|
health or safety of the child, and: |
|
(i) failed to complete a court-ordered |
|
substance abuse treatment program; or |
|
(ii) after completion of a court-ordered |
|
substance abuse treatment program, continued to abuse a controlled |
|
substance; |
|
(Q) knowingly engaged in criminal conduct that |
|
has resulted in the parent's: |
|
(i) conviction of an offense; and |
|
(ii) confinement or imprisonment and |
|
inability to care for the child for not less than two years from the |
|
date of filing the petition; |
|
(R) been the cause of the child being born |
|
addicted to alcohol or a controlled substance, other than a |
|
controlled substance legally obtained by prescription; |
|
(S) voluntarily delivered the child to a |
|
designated emergency infant care provider under Section 262.302 |
|
without expressing an intent to return for the child; |
|
(T) been convicted of: |
|
(i) the murder of the other parent of the |
|
child under Section 19.02 or 19.03, Penal Code, or under a law of |
|
another state, federal law, the law of a foreign country, or the |
|
Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains elements that are |
|
substantially similar to the elements of an offense under Section |
|
19.02 or 19.03, Penal Code; |
|
(ii) criminal attempt under Section 15.01, |
|
Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal law, the law of |
|
a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice that |
|
contains elements that are substantially similar to the elements of |
|
an offense under Section 15.01, Penal Code, to commit the offense |
|
described by Subparagraph (i); |
|
(iii) criminal solicitation under Section |
|
15.03, Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal law, the |
|
law of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of Military Justice |
|
that contains elements that are substantially similar to the |
|
elements of an offense under Section 15.03, Penal Code, of the |
|
offense described by Subparagraph (i); or |
|
(iv) the sexual assault of the other parent |
|
of the child under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code, or under a |
|
law of another state, federal law, or the Uniform Code of Military |
|
Justice that contains elements that are substantially similar to |
|
the elements of an offense under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal |
|
Code; or |
|
(U) been placed on community supervision, |
|
including deferred adjudication community supervision, or another |
|
functionally equivalent form of community supervision or |
|
probation, for being criminally responsible for the sexual assault |
|
of the other parent of the child under Section 22.011 or 22.021, |
|
Penal Code, or under a law of another state, federal law, or the |
|
Uniform Code of Military Justice that contains elements that are |
|
substantially similar to the elements of an offense under Section |
|
22.011 or 22.021, Penal Code; and |
|
(2) that termination is in the best interest of the |
|
child. |
|
SECTION 18. 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 that |
|
constitutes an offense of trafficking of persons under Section |
|
20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code, prostitution under Section |
|
43.02(b), Penal Code, or compelling child sexual exploitation |
|
[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; |
|
(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; or |
|
(M) forcing or coercing a child to enter into a |
|
marriage. |
|
SECTION 19. Section 262.2015(b), Family Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(b) The court may find under Subsection (a) that a parent |
|
has subjected the child to aggravated circumstances if: |
|
(1) the parent abandoned the child without |
|
identification or a means for identifying the child; |
|
(2) the child or another child of the parent is a |
|
victim of serious bodily injury or sexual abuse inflicted by the |
|
parent or by another person with the parent's consent; |
|
(3) the parent has engaged in conduct against the |
|
child or another child of the parent that would constitute an |
|
offense under the following provisions of the Penal Code: |
|
(A) Section 19.02 (murder); |
|
(B) Section 19.03 (capital murder); |
|
(C) Section 19.04 (manslaughter); |
|
(D) Section 21.11 (indecency with a child); |
|
(E) Section 22.011 (sexual assault); |
|
(F) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault); |
|
(G) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault); |
|
(H) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly |
|
individual, or disabled individual); |
|
(I) Section 22.041 (abandoning or endangering |
|
child); |
|
(J) Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual conduct); |
|
(K) Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a |
|
child); |
|
(L) Section 43.26 (possession or promotion of |
|
child pornography); |
|
(M) Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse of |
|
young child or children); |
|
(N) Section 43.05(a)(2) (compelling child sexual |
|
exploitation [prostitution]); or |
|
(O) Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8) (trafficking of |
|
persons); |
|
(4) the parent voluntarily left the child alone or in |
|
the possession of another person not the parent of the child for at |
|
least six months without expressing an intent to return and without |
|
providing adequate support for the child; |
|
(5) the parent's parental rights with regard to |
|
another child have been involuntarily terminated based on a finding |
|
that the parent's conduct violated Section 161.001(b)(1)(D) or (E) |
|
or a substantially equivalent provision of another state's law; |
|
(6) the parent has been convicted for: |
|
(A) the murder of another child of the parent and |
|
the offense would have been an offense under 18 U.S.C. Section |
|
1111(a) if the offense had occurred in the special maritime or |
|
territorial jurisdiction of the United States; |
|
(B) the voluntary manslaughter of another child |
|
of the parent and the offense would have been an offense under 18 |
|
U.S.C. Section 1112(a) if the offense had occurred in the special |
|
maritime or territorial jurisdiction of the United States; |
|
(C) aiding or abetting, attempting, conspiring, |
|
or soliciting an offense under Paragraph (A) or (B); or |
|
(D) the felony assault of the child or another |
|
child of the parent that resulted in serious bodily injury to the |
|
child or another child of the parent; |
|
(7) the parent's parental rights with regard to |
|
another child of the parent have been involuntarily terminated; or |
|
(8) the parent is required under any state or federal |
|
law to register with a sex offender registry. |
|
SECTION 20. Section 71.0353, Government Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
Sec. 71.0353. TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS INFORMATION. As a |
|
component of the official monthly report submitted to the Office of |
|
Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System, a district court |
|
or county court at law shall report the number of cases filed for |
|
the following offenses: |
|
(1) trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02, Penal |
|
Code; |
|
(2) prostitution under Section 43.02, Penal Code; and |
|
(3) compelling prostitution or child sexual |
|
exploitation under Section 43.05, Penal Code. |
|
SECTION 21. The heading to Section 411.0728, Government |
|
Code, is amended to read as follows: |
|
Sec. 411.0728. PROCEDURE FOR CERTAIN VICTIMS OF TRAFFICKING |
|
OF PERSONS OR COMPELLING PROSTITUTION OR CHILD SEXUAL EXPLOITATION. |
|
SECTION 22. Section 499.027(b), Government Code, is amended |
|
to read as follows: |
|
(b) An inmate is not eligible under this subchapter to be |
|
considered for release to intensive supervision parole if: |
|
(1) the inmate is awaiting transfer to the |
|
institutional division, or serving a sentence, for an offense for |
|
which the judgment contains an affirmative finding under Article |
|
42A.054(c) or (d), Code of Criminal Procedure; |
|
(2) the inmate is awaiting transfer to the |
|
institutional division, or serving a sentence, for an offense |
|
listed in one of the following sections of the Penal Code: |
|
(A) Section 19.02 (murder); |
|
(B) Section 19.03 (capital murder); |
|
(C) Section 19.04 (manslaughter); |
|
(D) Section 20.03 (kidnapping); |
|
(E) Section 20.04 (aggravated kidnapping); |
|
(F) Section 21.11 (indecency with a child); |
|
(G) Section 22.011 (sexual assault); |
|
(H) Section 22.02 (aggravated assault); |
|
(I) Section 22.021 (aggravated sexual assault); |
|
(J) Section 22.04 (injury to a child, elderly |
|
individual, or disabled individual); |
|
(K) Section 25.02 (prohibited sexual conduct); |
|
(L) Section 25.08 (sale or purchase of a child); |
|
(M) Section 28.02 (arson); |
|
(N) Section 29.02 (robbery); |
|
(O) Section 29.03 (aggravated robbery); |
|
(P) Section 30.02 (burglary), if the offense is |
|
punished as a first-degree felony under that section; |
|
(Q) Section 43.04 (aggravated promotion of |
|
prostitution); |
|
(R) Section 43.05 (compelling prostitution or |
|
child sexual exploitation); |
|
(S) Section 43.24 (sale, distribution, or |
|
display of harmful material to minor); |
|
(T) Section 43.25 (sexual performance by a |
|
child); |
|
(U) Section 46.10 (deadly weapon in penal |
|
institution); |
|
(V) Section 15.01 (criminal attempt), if the |
|
offense attempted is listed in this subsection; |
|
(W) Section 15.02 (criminal conspiracy), if the |
|
offense that is the subject of the conspiracy is listed in this |
|
subsection; |
|
(X) Section 15.03 (criminal solicitation), if |
|
the offense solicited is listed in this subsection; |
|
(Y) Section 21.02 (continuous sexual abuse of |
|
young child or children); |
|
(Z) Section 20A.02 (trafficking of persons); |
|
(AA) Section 20A.03 (continuous trafficking of |
|
persons); or |
|
(BB) Section 43.041 (aggravated online promotion |
|
of prostitution); or |
|
(3) the inmate is awaiting transfer to the |
|
institutional division, or serving a sentence, for an offense under |
|
Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, punishable by a minimum term of |
|
imprisonment or a maximum fine that is greater than the minimum term |
|
of imprisonment or the maximum fine for a first degree felony. |
|
SECTION 23. Section 1701.258(b), Occupations Code, is |
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
(b) The commission shall make available to each officer a |
|
voluntary advanced education, instruction, and training program on |
|
the trafficking of persons and compelling prostitution or child |
|
sexual exploitation prohibited under Sections 20A.02 and 43.05, |
|
Penal Code. |
|
SECTION 24. Section 20A.02(a), Penal Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: |
|
(1) traffics another person with the intent that the |
|
trafficked person engage in forced labor or services; |
|
(2) receives a benefit from participating in a venture |
|
that involves an activity described by Subdivision (1), including |
|
by receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or |
|
services; |
|
(3) traffics another person and, through force, fraud, |
|
or coercion, causes the trafficked person to engage in conduct |
|
prohibited by: |
|
(A) Section 43.02 (Prostitution); |
|
(B) Section 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution); |
|
(B-1) Section 43.031 (Online Promotion of |
|
Prostitution); |
|
(C) Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of |
|
Prostitution); |
|
(C-1) Section 43.041 (Aggravated Online |
|
Promotion of Prostitution); or |
|
(D) Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution or |
|
Child Sexual Exploitation); |
|
(4) receives a benefit from participating in a venture |
|
that involves an activity described by Subdivision (3) or engages |
|
in sexual conduct with a person trafficked in the manner described |
|
in Subdivision (3); |
|
(5) traffics a child with the intent that the |
|
trafficked child engage in forced labor or services; |
|
(6) receives a benefit from participating in a venture |
|
that involves an activity described by Subdivision (5), including |
|
by receiving labor or services the person knows are forced labor or |
|
services; |
|
(7) traffics a child and by any means causes the |
|
trafficked child to engage in, or become the victim of, conduct |
|
prohibited by: |
|
(A) Section 21.02 (Continuous Sexual Abuse of |
|
Young Child or Children); |
|
(B) Section 21.11 (Indecency with a Child); |
|
(C) Section 22.011 (Sexual Assault); |
|
(D) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault); |
|
(E) Section 43.02 (Prostitution); |
|
(F) Section 43.03 (Promotion of Prostitution); |
|
(F-1) Section 43.031 (Online Promotion of |
|
Prostitution); |
|
(G) Section 43.04 (Aggravated Promotion of |
|
Prostitution); |
|
(G-1) Section 43.041 (Aggravated Online |
|
Promotion of Prostitution); |
|
(H) Section 43.05 (Compelling Prostitution or |
|
Child Sexual Exploitation); |
|
(I) Section 43.25 (Sexual Performance by a |
|
Child); |
|
(J) Section 43.251 (Employment Harmful to |
|
Children); or |
|
(K) Section 43.26 (Possession or Promotion of |
|
Child Pornography); or |
|
(8) receives a benefit from participating in a venture |
|
that involves an activity described by Subdivision (7) or engages |
|
in sexual conduct with a child trafficked in the manner described in |
|
Subdivision (7). |
|
SECTION 25. Section 21.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to |
|
read as follows: |
|
(c) For purposes of this section, "act of sexual abuse" |
|
means any act that is a violation of one or more of the following |
|
penal laws: |
|
(1) aggravated kidnapping under Section 20.04(a)(4), |
|
if the actor committed the offense with the intent to violate or |
|
abuse the victim sexually; |
|
(2) indecency with a child under Section 21.11(a)(1), |
|
if the actor committed the offense in a manner other than by |
|
touching, including touching through clothing, the breast of a |
|
child; |
|
(3) sexual assault under Section 22.011; |
|
(4) aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021; |
|
(5) burglary under Section 30.02, if the offense is |
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punishable under Subsection (d) of that section and the actor |
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committed the offense with the intent to commit an offense listed in |
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Subdivisions (1)-(4); |
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(6) sexual performance by a child under Section 43.25; |
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(7) trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02(a)(7) |
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or (8); and |
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(8) compelling child sexual exploitation |
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[prostitution] under Section 43.05(a)(2). |
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SECTION 26. Section 71.02(a), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if, with the intent to |
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establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the |
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profits of a combination or as a member of a criminal street gang, |
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the person commits or conspires to commit one or more of the |
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following: |
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(1) murder, capital murder, arson, aggravated |
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robbery, robbery, burglary, theft, aggravated kidnapping, |
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kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual |
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assault, continuous sexual abuse of young child or children, |
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solicitation of a minor, forgery, deadly conduct, assault |
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punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, burglary of a motor vehicle, or |
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unauthorized use of a motor vehicle; |
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(2) any gambling offense punishable as a Class A |
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misdemeanor; |
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(3) promotion of prostitution, aggravated promotion |
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of prostitution, or compelling prostitution or child sexual |
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exploitation; |
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(4) unlawful manufacture, transportation, repair, or |
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sale of firearms or prohibited weapons; |
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(5) unlawful manufacture, delivery, dispensation, or |
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distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug, or |
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unlawful possession of a controlled substance or dangerous drug |
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through forgery, fraud, misrepresentation, or deception; |
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(5-a) causing the unlawful delivery, dispensation, or |
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distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug in |
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violation of Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code; |
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(6) any unlawful wholesale promotion or possession of |
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any obscene material or obscene device with the intent to wholesale |
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promote the same; |
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(7) any offense under Subchapter B, Chapter 43, |
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depicting or involving conduct by or directed toward a child |
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younger than 18 years of age; |
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(8) any felony offense under Chapter 32; |
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(9) any offense under Chapter 36; |
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(10) any offense under Chapter 34, 35, or 35A; |
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(11) any offense under Section 37.11(a); |
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(12) any offense under Chapter 20A; |
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(13) any offense under Section 37.10; |
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(14) any offense under Section 38.06, 38.07, 38.09, or |
|
38.11; |
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(15) any offense under Section 42.10; |
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(16) any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1) or 46.14; |
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(17) any offense under Section 20.05 or 20.06; |
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(18) any offense under Section 16.02; or |
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(19) any offense classified as a felony under the Tax |
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Code. |
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SECTION 27. Section 93.013(a), Property Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) Notwithstanding a provision in a lease to the contrary, |
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a tenant's right of possession terminates and the landlord has a |
|
right to recover possession of the leased premises if the tenant is |
|
using the premises or allowing the premises to be used for the |
|
purposes of prostitution, promotion of prostitution, aggravated |
|
promotion of prostitution, or compelling prostitution or child |
|
sexual exploitation, as prohibited by the Penal Code, or |
|
trafficking of persons as described by Section 20A.02, Penal Code. |
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SECTION 28. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed or conduct that occurs on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. An offense committed or conduct that |
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occurs before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law |
|
in effect on the date the offense was committed or the conduct |
|
occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
|
purpose. For the purposes of this section, an offense was committed |
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or conduct occurred before the effective date of this Act if any |
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element of the offense or conduct occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 29. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |