Bill Text: TX HB3326 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to decreasing the punishment for certain criminal offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-11 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB3326 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3326-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Thompson of Harris, Dutton | H.B. No. 3326 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 3326: | |||
By: Herrero | C.S.H.B. No. 3326 |
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relating to decreasing the punishment for certain criminal | ||
offenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 502.001(c), Business & Commerce Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) A restaurant or bar owner shall display in a prominent | ||
place on the premises of the restaurant or bar a sign stating in | ||
letters at least one-half inch high: "UNDER SECTION 32.51, PENAL | ||
CODE, IT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR [ |
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CONFINEMENT IN [ |
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CARD OR CREDIT CARD NUMBER WITHOUT THE CUSTOMER'S CONSENT." | ||
SECTION 2. Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(d) Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with | ||
committing an offense under: | ||
(1) Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the | ||
offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) [ |
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(1-a) Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the | ||
offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that | ||
section; | ||
(2) Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section; | ||
(3) Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
punishable under Subsection (b)(2) [ |
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(4) Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section; | ||
(5) Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section; | ||
(6) Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is | ||
punishable as a Class B misdemeanor; or | ||
(7) Section 521.457, Transportation Code. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 15(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of | ||
Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(1) On conviction of a state jail felony under Section | ||
481.115(b-1) [ |
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481.1161(b)(3), 481.121(b)(4) [ |
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Health and Safety Code, that is punished under Section 12.35(a), | ||
Penal Code, the judge shall suspend the imposition of the sentence | ||
and place the defendant on community supervision, unless the | ||
defendant has previously been convicted of a felony, other than a | ||
felony punished under Section 12.44(a), Penal Code, or unless the | ||
conviction resulted from an adjudication of the guilt of a | ||
defendant previously placed on deferred adjudication community | ||
supervision for the offense, in which event the judge may suspend | ||
the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community | ||
supervision or may order the sentence to be executed. The | ||
provisions of this subdivision requiring the judge to suspend the | ||
imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community | ||
supervision do not apply to a defendant who: | ||
(A) under Section 481.1151(b)(1), Health and | ||
Safety Code, possessed more than five abuse units of the controlled | ||
substance; | ||
(B) under Section 481.1161(b)(3), Health and | ||
Safety Code, possessed more than one pound, by aggregate weight, | ||
including adulterants or dilutants, of the controlled substance; or | ||
(C) under Section 481.121(b)(4) [ |
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Health and Safety Code, possessed more than one pound of marihuana. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 51.03(b), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Conduct indicating a need for supervision is: | ||
(1) subject to Subsection (f), conduct, other than a | ||
traffic offense, that violates: | ||
(A) the penal laws of this state of the grade of | ||
misdemeanor that are punishable by fine only; or | ||
(B) the penal ordinances of any political | ||
subdivision of this state; | ||
(2) the absence of a child on 10 or more days or parts | ||
of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on | ||
three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period from | ||
school; | ||
(3) the voluntary absence of a child from the child's | ||
home without the consent of the child's parent or guardian for a | ||
substantial length of time or without intent to return; | ||
(4) conduct prohibited by city ordinance or by state | ||
law involving the inhalation of the fumes or vapors of paint and | ||
other protective coatings or glue and other adhesives and the | ||
volatile chemicals itemized in Section 485.001, Health and Safety | ||
Code; | ||
(5) an act that violates a school district's | ||
previously communicated written standards of student conduct for | ||
which the child has been expelled under Section 37.007(c), | ||
Education Code; | ||
(6) conduct that violates a reasonable and lawful | ||
order of a court entered under Section 264.305; | ||
(7) notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct | ||
described by Section 43.02(a) or (b) [ |
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Code; or | ||
(8) notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct that | ||
violates Section 43.261, Penal Code. | ||
SECTION 5. Section 261.001(1), Family Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(1) "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions | ||
by a person: | ||
(A) mental or emotional injury to a child that | ||
results in an observable and material impairment in the child's | ||
growth, development, or psychological functioning; | ||
(B) causing or permitting the child to be in a | ||
situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury | ||
that results in an observable and material impairment in the | ||
child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; | ||
(C) physical injury that results in substantial | ||
harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from | ||
physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at | ||
variance with the history or explanation given and excluding an | ||
accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or | ||
managing or possessory conservator that does not expose the child | ||
to a substantial risk of harm; | ||
(D) failure to make a reasonable effort to | ||
prevent an action by another person that results in physical injury | ||
that results in substantial harm to the child; | ||
(E) sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental, | ||
emotional, or physical welfare, including conduct that constitutes | ||
the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or children | ||
under Section 21.02, Penal Code, indecency with a child under | ||
Section 21.11, Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011, | ||
Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021, | ||
Penal Code; | ||
(F) failure to make a reasonable effort to | ||
prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child; | ||
(G) compelling or encouraging the child to engage | ||
in sexual conduct as defined by Section 43.01, Penal Code, | ||
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that constitutes an offense of trafficking of persons under Section | ||
20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code, prostitution under Section | ||
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under Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; | ||
(H) causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging | ||
in, or allowing the photographing, filming, or depicting of the | ||
child if the person knew or should have known that the resulting | ||
photograph, film, or depiction of the child is obscene as defined by | ||
Section 43.21, Penal Code, or pornographic; | ||
(I) the current use by a person of a controlled | ||
substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a | ||
manner or to the extent that the use results in physical, mental, or | ||
emotional injury to a child; | ||
(J) causing, expressly permitting, or | ||
encouraging a child to use a controlled substance as defined by | ||
Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; | ||
(K) causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging | ||
in, or allowing a sexual performance by a child as defined by | ||
Section 43.25, Penal Code; or | ||
(L) knowingly causing, permitting, encouraging, | ||
engaging in, or allowing a child to be trafficked in a manner | ||
punishable as an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or | ||
(8), Penal Code, or the failure to make a reasonable effort to | ||
prevent a child from being trafficked in a manner punishable as an | ||
offense under any of those sections. | ||
SECTION 6. Section 169.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioners court of a county or governing body of | ||
a municipality may establish a first offender prostitution | ||
prevention program for defendants charged with an offense under | ||
Section 43.02(b) [ |
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SECTION 7. Section 169A.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The commissioners court of a county or governing body of | ||
a municipality may establish a prostitution prevention program for | ||
defendants charged with an offense under Section 43.02(a) | ||
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SECTION 8. Section 481.115, Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), an [ |
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under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor [ |
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the amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate | ||
weight, including adulterants or dilutants, less than one gram. | ||
(b-1) An offense punishable under Subsection (b) is a state | ||
jail felony if the person has been previously convicted of an | ||
offense under this section or Section 481.1151, 481.116, 481.1161, | ||
481.117, 481.118, or 481.121. | ||
SECTION 9. Section 481.121(b), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is: | ||
(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana | ||
possessed is one ounce or less; | ||
(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana | ||
possessed is two ounces or less but more than one ounce; | ||
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marihuana possessed is four ounces or less but more than two ounces; | ||
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marihuana possessed is five pounds or less but more than four | ||
ounces; | ||
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marihuana possessed is 50 pounds or less but more than 5 pounds; | ||
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of marihuana possessed is 2,000 pounds or less but more than 50 | ||
pounds; and | ||
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Department of Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more | ||
than 99 years or less than 5 years, and a fine not to exceed $50,000, | ||
if the amount of marihuana possessed is more than 2,000 pounds. | ||
SECTION 10. Section 481.126(a), Health and Safety Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if the person: | ||
(1) barters property or expends funds the person knows | ||
are derived from the commission of an offense under this chapter | ||
punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal | ||
Justice for life; | ||
(2) barters property or expends funds the person knows | ||
are derived from the commission of an offense under Section | ||
481.121(a) that is punishable under Section 481.121(b)(6) | ||
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(3) barters property or finances or invests funds the | ||
person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of | ||
an offense for which the punishment is described by Subdivision | ||
(1); or | ||
(4) barters property or finances or invests funds the | ||
person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of | ||
an offense under Section 481.121(a) that is punishable under | ||
Section 481.121(b)(6) [ |
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SECTION 11. Sections 481.134(c), (d), (e), and (f), Health | ||
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) The minimum term of confinement or imprisonment for an | ||
offense otherwise punishable under Section 481.112(c), (d), (e), or | ||
(f), 481.113(c), (d), or (e), 481.114(c), (d), or (e), | ||
481.115(c)-(f), 481.116(c), (d), or (e), 481.1161(b)(4), (5), or | ||
(6), 481.117(c), (d), or (e), 481.118(c), (d), or (e), | ||
481.120(b)(4), (5), or (6), or 481.121(b)(5), (6), or (7) | ||
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maximum fine for the offense is doubled if it is shown on the trial | ||
of the offense that the offense was committed: | ||
(1) in, on, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of a | ||
school, the premises of a public or private youth center, or a | ||
playground; or | ||
(2) on a school bus. | ||
(d) An offense otherwise punishable under Section | ||
481.112(b), 481.113(b), 481.114(b), 481.115(b-1) [ |
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481.116(b), 481.1161(b)(3), 481.120(b)(3), or 481.121(b)(4) | ||
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the trial of the offense that the offense was committed: | ||
(1) in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property | ||
that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the | ||
premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or | ||
(2) on a school bus. | ||
(e) An offense otherwise punishable under Section | ||
481.117(b), 481.119(a), 481.120(b)(2), or 481.121(b)(3) | ||
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of the offense that the offense was committed: | ||
(1) in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property | ||
that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the | ||
premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or | ||
(2) on a school bus. | ||
(f) An offense otherwise punishable under Section | ||
481.118(b), 481.119(b), 481.120(b)(1), or 481.121(b)(1) or (2) is a | ||
Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense that | ||
the offense was committed: | ||
(1) in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property | ||
that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the | ||
premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or | ||
(2) on a school bus. | ||
SECTION 12. Section 28.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsections (f) and (h), an | ||
offense under this section is: | ||
(1) a Class C misdemeanor if: | ||
(A) the amount of pecuniary loss is less than | ||
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(B) except as provided in Subdivision (3)(A) or | ||
(3)(B), it causes substantial inconvenience to others; | ||
(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary | ||
loss is $500 [ |
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(3) a Class A misdemeanor if: | ||
(A) the amount of pecuniary loss | ||
is $1,500 [ |
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(B) the actor causes in whole or in part | ||
impairment or interruption of any public water supply, or causes to | ||
be diverted in whole, in part, or in any manner, including | ||
installation or removal of any device for any such purpose, any | ||
public water supply, regardless of the amount of the pecuniary | ||
loss; | ||
(4) a state jail felony if the amount of pecuniary loss | ||
is: | ||
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damaged or destroyed is a habitation and if the damage or | ||
destruction is caused by a firearm or explosive weapon; | ||
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property was a fence used for the production or containment of: | ||
(i) cattle, bison, horses, sheep, swine, | ||
goats, exotic livestock, or exotic poultry; or | ||
(ii) game animals as that term is defined by | ||
Section 63.001, Parks and Wildlife Code; or | ||
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wholly or partly impairment or interruption of public | ||
communications, public transportation, public gas or power supply, | ||
or other public service, or causes to be diverted wholly, partly, or | ||
in any manner, including installation or removal of any device for | ||
any such purpose, any public communications or public gas or power | ||
supply; | ||
(5) a felony of the third degree if the amount of the | ||
pecuniary loss is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000; | ||
(6) a felony of the second degree if the amount of | ||
pecuniary loss is $100,000 or more but less than $200,000; or | ||
(7) a felony of the first degree if the amount of | ||
pecuniary loss is $200,000 or more. | ||
SECTION 13. Sections 28.08(b) and (d), Penal Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under | ||
this section is: | ||
(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary | ||
loss is less than $100; | ||
(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary | ||
loss is $100 or more but less than $750 [ |
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pecuniary loss is $750 [ |
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pecuniary loss is $2,500 [ |
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pecuniary loss is $30,000 [ |
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of pecuniary loss is $150,000 [ |
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$300,000 [ |
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pecuniary loss is $300,000 [ |
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(d) An offense under this section is a state jail felony if: | ||
(1) the marking is made on a school, an institution of | ||
higher education, a place of worship or human burial, a public | ||
monument, or a community center that provides medical, social, or | ||
educational programs; and | ||
(2) the amount of the pecuniary loss to real property | ||
or to tangible personal property is $750 or more but less than | ||
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SECTION 14. Section 30.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under | ||
this section is a: | ||
(1) Class A misdemeanor [ |
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committed in a building other than a habitation; or | ||
(2) felony of the second degree if committed in a | ||
habitation. | ||
SECTION 15. Section 31.03(e), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(e) Except as provided by Subsection (f), an offense under | ||
this section is: | ||
(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the value of the property | ||
stolen is less than $500 [ |
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(2) a Class B misdemeanor if: | ||
(A) the value of the property stolen is $500 [ |
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(B) the value of the property stolen is less than | ||
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been convicted of any grade of theft; or | ||
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(C) the property stolen is a driver's license, | ||
commercial driver's license, or personal identification | ||
certificate issued by this state or another state; | ||
(3) a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the property | ||
stolen is $1,500 [ |
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(4) a state jail felony if: | ||
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of sheep, swine, or goats or any part thereof under the value of | ||
$20,000; | ||
(B) regardless of value, the property is stolen | ||
from the person of another or from a human corpse or grave, | ||
including property that is a military grave marker; | ||
(C) the property stolen is a firearm, as defined | ||
by Section 46.01; | ||
(D) the value of the property stolen is less than | ||
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two or more times of any grade of theft; | ||
(E) the property stolen is an official ballot or | ||
official carrier envelope for an election; or | ||
(F) the value of the property stolen is less than | ||
$20,000 and the property stolen is: | ||
(i) aluminum; | ||
(ii) bronze; | ||
(iii) copper; or | ||
(iv) brass; | ||
(5) a felony of the third degree if the value of the | ||
property stolen is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000, or the | ||
property is: | ||
(A) cattle, horses, or exotic livestock or exotic | ||
fowl as defined by Section 142.001, Agriculture Code, stolen during | ||
a single transaction and having an aggregate value of less than | ||
$100,000; or | ||
(B) 10 or more head of sheep, swine, or goats | ||
stolen during a single transaction and having an aggregate value of | ||
less than $100,000; | ||
(6) a felony of the second degree if: | ||
(A) the value of the property stolen is $100,000 | ||
or more but less than $200,000; or | ||
(B) the value of the property stolen is less than | ||
$200,000 and the property stolen is an automated teller machine or | ||
the contents or components of an automated teller machine; or | ||
(7) a felony of the first degree if the value of the | ||
property stolen is $200,000 or more. | ||
SECTION 16. Sections 31.04(b) and (e), Penal Code, are | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) For purposes of this section, intent to avoid payment is | ||
presumed if: | ||
(1) the actor absconded without paying for the service | ||
or expressly refused to pay for the service in circumstances where | ||
payment is ordinarily made immediately upon rendering of the | ||
service, as in hotels, campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks, | ||
restaurants, and comparable establishments; | ||
(2) the actor failed to make payment under a service | ||
agreement within 10 days after receiving notice demanding payment; | ||
(3) the actor returns property held under a rental | ||
agreement after the expiration of the rental agreement and fails to | ||
pay the applicable rental charge for the property within 10 days | ||
after the date on which the actor received notice demanding | ||
payment; or | ||
(4) the actor failed to return the property held under | ||
a rental agreement: | ||
(A) within five days after receiving notice | ||
demanding return, if the property is valued at less than $2,500 | ||
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(B) within three days after receiving notice | ||
demanding return, if the property is valued at $2,500 [ |
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more. | ||
(e) An offense under this section is: | ||
(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the value of the service | ||
stolen is less than $100 [ |
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(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the value of the service | ||
stolen is $100 [ |
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(3) a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the service | ||
stolen is $750 [ |
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(4) a state jail felony if the value of the service | ||
stolen is $2,500 [ |
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(5) a felony of the third degree if the value of the | ||
service stolen is $30,000 [ |
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(6) a felony of the second degree if the value of the | ||
service stolen is $150,000 [ |
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$300,000 [ |
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(7) a felony of the first degree if the value of the | ||
service stolen is $300,000 [ |
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SECTION 17. Section 32.21(c), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) Except as provided by Subsections [ |
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(e-1), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | ||
SECTION 18. Section 32.31(d), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor | ||
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third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the | ||
offense was committed against an elderly individual as defined by | ||
Section 22.04. | ||
SECTION 19. Section 32.51(c), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c) An offense under this section is: | ||
(1) a Class A misdemeanor [ |
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number of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is less | ||
than five; | ||
(2) a state jail felony [ |
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number of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is five | ||
or more but less than 10; | ||
(3) a felony of the third [ |
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of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is 10 or more but | ||
less than 50; or | ||
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of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is 50 or more. | ||
SECTION 20. Section 43.02, Penal Code, is amended by | ||
amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections | ||
(b-1) and (c-1) to read as follows: | ||
(a) A person commits an offense if, in return for receipt of | ||
a fee, the person knowingly: | ||
(1) offers to engage, agrees to engage, or engages in | ||
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(2) solicits another in a public place to engage with | ||
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(b) A person commits an offense if, based on the payment of a | ||
fee by the actor or another person on behalf of the actor, the | ||
person knowingly: | ||
(1) offers to engage, agrees to engage, or engages in | ||
sexual conduct; or | ||
(2) solicits another in a public place to engage with | ||
the actor in sexual conduct for hire. | ||
(b-1) An offense is established under Subsection (a) | ||
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actor or another person on behalf of the actor offers or actually | ||
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(c) An offense under Subsection (a) [ |
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Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class A | ||
misdemeanor if the actor has previously been convicted one or more | ||
times of an offense under that subsection. | ||
(c-1) An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class B | ||
misdemeanor, except that the offense is: | ||
(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has previously | ||
been convicted one or two times of an offense under that subsection | ||
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(2) a state jail felony if the actor has previously | ||
been convicted three or more times of an offense under that | ||
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(3) a felony of the second degree if the person | ||
solicited is younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the | ||
actor knows the age of the person solicited at the time the actor | ||
commits the offense. | ||
(d) It is a defense to prosecution for an offense under | ||
Subsection (a) [ |
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conduct that constitutes the offense because the actor was the | ||
victim of conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 | ||
or 43.05. | ||
SECTION 21. Section 32.21(d), Penal Code, is repealed. | ||
SECTION 22. (a) Not later than December 1 of each year, the | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall report to the | ||
legislature on the financial impact to the state during the | ||
preceding state fiscal year of reducing penalties under this Act. | ||
(b) The report must include an analysis of incarceration | ||
costs incurred by the state and local governments, including the | ||
cost of constructing prisons and jails. | ||
(c) The comptroller shall verify the findings of the Texas | ||
Department of Criminal Justice in analyzing the cost savings | ||
realized by the state under this Act. The Texas Department of | ||
Criminal Justice may retain the amount of the actual savings | ||
attributable to implementation of this Act, to the extent that the | ||
savings come from funds appropriated to the department and to the | ||
extent the department distributed that amount to programs or | ||
facilities for the supervision and rehabilitation of offenders. The | ||
Texas Department of Criminal Justice may transfer savings | ||
attributable to implementation of this Act from the first year of | ||
the fiscal biennium to the second year of the fiscal biennium, | ||
provided that the department uses the full amount transferred for | ||
distribution to programs or facilities for the supervision and | ||
rehabilitation of offenders. | ||
SECTION 23. The changes in law made by this Act apply only | ||
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | ||
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | ||
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | ||
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 24. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |