1-1     By:  Wise (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte)              H.B. No. 141
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House May 11, 2001;
 1-3     May 11, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
 1-4     Justice; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following vote:
 1-5     Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offenses of
 1-9     kidnapping and aggravated kidnapping.
1-10           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11           SECTION 1.  Section 20.03(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-12     as follows:
1-13           (c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-14     degree, except that an offense under this section is a felony of
1-15     the  second degree if the actor exposed the person abducted to a
1-16     risk of serious bodily injury.
1-17           SECTION 2.  Section 20.04(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-18     as follows:
1-19           (a)  A person commits an offense if:
1-20                 (1)  the person [he] intentionally or knowingly abducts
1-21     another  person with the intent to:
1-22                       (A) [(1)]  hold the person abducted [him] for
1-23     ransom or reward or to coerce a third person to perform some act;
1-24                       (B) [(2)]  use the person abducted [him] as a
1-25     shield or hostage;
1-26                       (C) [(3)]  facilitate the commission of a felony
1-27     or the flight after the attempt or commission of a felony;
1-28                       (D) [(4)]  inflict bodily injury on the person
1-29     abducted [him] or violate or abuse the person abducted [him]
1-30     sexually;
1-31                       (E) [(5)]  terrorize the person abducted [him] or
1-32     a third person; [or]
1-33                       (F) [(6)]  interfere with the performance of any
1-34     governmental or political function; or
1-35                       (G)  hold the person abducted in a condition of
1-36     involuntary servitude; or
1-37                 (2)  the person intentionally or knowingly abducts
1-38     another person who is:
1-39                       (A)  younger than 17 years of age; or
1-40                       (B)  incompetent.
1-41           SECTION 3.  (a)  The change in law made by this Act applies
1-42     only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-43     Act.  For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-44     the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-45     before that date.
1-46           (b)  An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-47     Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-48     and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-49           SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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