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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to persons subject to prosecution for improper |
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relationship between educator and student. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 21.12(a), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) An employee of a public or private primary or secondary |
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school commits an offense if the employee engages in: |
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(1) sexual contact, sexual intercourse, or deviate |
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sexual intercourse with a person who is: |
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(A) enrolled in a public or private primary or |
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secondary school at which the employee works; |
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(B) enrolled in a public primary or secondary |
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school in the same school district as the school at which the |
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employee works; or |
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(C) a participant in an educational activity that |
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is sponsored by a school district or a public or private primary or |
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secondary school, if: |
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(i) students enrolled in a public or |
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private primary or secondary school are the primary participants in |
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the activity; and |
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(ii) the employee provides educational |
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services to those participants; or |
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(2) conduct described by Section 33.021, with a person |
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described by Subdivision (1), regardless of the age of that person. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |