Bill Text: TX HB3197 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of and conduct prohibited by the offense of improper relationship between educator and student.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-16 - Left pending in committee [HB3197 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3197-Introduced.html
By: Gonzales | H.B. No. 3197 |
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relating to the prosecution of and conduct prohibited by the | ||
offense of improper relationship between educator and student. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 21.12(a), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(a) An employee of a public or private primary or secondary | ||
school commits an offense if the employee: | ||
(1) engages in sexual contact, sexual intercourse, or | ||
deviate sexual intercourse with a person who is enrolled in a public | ||
or private primary or secondary school at which the employee works; | ||
(2) holds a certificate or permit issued as provided | ||
by Subchapter B, Chapter 21, Education Code, or is a person who is | ||
required to be licensed by a state agency as provided by Section | ||
21.003(b), Education Code, and engages in sexual contact, sexual | ||
intercourse, or deviate sexual intercourse with a person the | ||
employee knows is: | ||
(A) enrolled in a public or private primary or | ||
secondary school in the same school district as the school at which | ||
the employee works; or | ||
(B) a student participant in an educational | ||
activity that is sponsored by a school district or a public or | ||
private primary or secondary school, if: | ||
(i) students enrolled in a public or | ||
private primary or secondary school are the primary participants in | ||
the activity; |
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(3) engages in conduct described by Section 33.021, | ||
with a person described by Subdivision (1), or a person the employee | ||
knows is a person described by Subdivision (2)(A) or (B), | ||
regardless of the age of that person. | ||
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 was | ||
committed before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |