By: Jackson, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Nelson)	H.B. No. 290
	(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
	April 28, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
	Criminal Justice; May 23, 2011, reported adversely, with favorable
	Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0;
	May 23, 2011, sent to printer.)
	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 290	By:  Ellis

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the punishment for the offense of employment harmful to
	children.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 43.251(c), Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
	except that the offense is:
	(1)  a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial of
	the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted one
	time of an offense under this section; and
	(2)  a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the
	trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously
	convicted two or more times of an offense under this section.
	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
	covered 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.
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