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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of the offense of improper sexual |
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activity with a person under the supervision of a community |
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supervision and corrections department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Section 39.04, Penal Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 39.04. VIOLATIONS OF THE CIVIL RIGHTS OF PERSON IN |
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CUSTODY; IMPROPER SEXUAL ACTIVITY WITH PERSON IN CUSTODY OR UNDER |
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SUPERVISION. |
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SECTION 2. Section 39.04(f), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(f) An employee of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, |
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the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, a juvenile facility, [or] a |
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local juvenile probation department, or a community supervision and |
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corrections department established under Chapter 76, Government |
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Code, commits an offense if the employee engages in sexual contact, |
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sexual intercourse, or deviate sexual intercourse with an |
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individual who the employee knows is under the supervision of the |
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Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Juvenile Justice |
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Department, [or] probation department, or community supervision |
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and corrections department but not in the custody of the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, |
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[or] probation department, or community supervision and |
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corrections department. |
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SECTION 3. 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 on the date the offense was committed, |
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and 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |