Bill Text: TX HB260 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 260 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution and punishment of unlawful transport of a person.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)

Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [HB260 Detail]

Download: Texas-2011-HB260-Introduced.html

	82R9326 GCB-F

	By: Hilderbran	H.B. No. 260



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution and punishment of unlawful transport of
	a person.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 20.05, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
	follows:
	(b) An offense under this section is a [~~state jail~~] felony
	of the second degree.
	(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section
	also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the
	actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both
	sections.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
	before that date.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.