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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to decreasing the punishment for certain criminal  | 
      
      
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        offenses. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Section 502.001(c), Business & Commerce Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (c)  A restaurant or bar owner shall display in a prominent  | 
      
      
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        place on the premises of the restaurant or bar a sign stating in  | 
      
      
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        letters at least one-half inch high:  "UNDER SECTION 32.51, PENAL  | 
      
      
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        CODE, IT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR [STATE JAIL FELONY] (PUNISHABLE BY  | 
      
      
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        CONFINEMENT IN [A STATE] JAIL FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR) [TWO 
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          YEARS)] TO OBTAIN, POSSESS, TRANSFER, OR USE A CUSTOMER'S DEBIT  | 
      
      
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        CARD OR CREDIT CARD NUMBER WITHOUT THE CUSTOMER'S CONSENT." | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (d)  Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with  | 
      
      
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        committing an offense under: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the  | 
      
      
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        offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) [(b)(1) or 
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          (2)] of that section; | 
      
      
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                     (1-a)  Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the  | 
      
      
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        offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that  | 
      
      
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        section; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is  | 
      
      
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        punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is  | 
      
      
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        punishable under Subsection (b)(2) [(b)(1)] of that section; | 
      
      
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                     (4)  Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is  | 
      
      
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        punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section; | 
      
      
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                     (5)  Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is  | 
      
      
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        punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section; | 
      
      
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                     (6)  Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is  | 
      
      
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        punishable as a Class B misdemeanor; or | 
      
      
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                     (7)  Section 521.457, Transportation Code. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  Section 15(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of  | 
      
      
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        Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  On conviction of a state jail felony under Section  | 
      
      
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        481.115(b-1) [481.115(b)], 481.1151(b)(1), 481.116(b),  | 
      
      
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        481.1161(b)(3), 481.121(b)(4) [481.121(b)(3)], or 481.129(g)(1),  | 
      
      
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        Health and Safety Code, that is punished under Section 12.35(a),  | 
      
      
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        Penal Code, the judge shall suspend the imposition of the sentence  | 
      
      
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        and place the defendant on community supervision, unless the  | 
      
      
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        defendant has previously been convicted of a felony, other than a  | 
      
      
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        felony punished under Section 12.44(a), Penal Code, or unless the  | 
      
      
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        conviction resulted from an adjudication of the guilt of a  | 
      
      
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        defendant previously placed on deferred adjudication community  | 
      
      
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        supervision for the offense, in which event the judge may suspend  | 
      
      
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        the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community  | 
      
      
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        supervision or may order the sentence to be executed.  The  | 
      
      
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        provisions of this subdivision requiring the judge to suspend the  | 
      
      
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        imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community  | 
      
      
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        supervision do not apply to a defendant who: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  under Section 481.1151(b)(1), Health and  | 
      
      
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        Safety Code, possessed more than five abuse units of the controlled  | 
      
      
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        substance; | 
      
      
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                           (B)  under Section 481.1161(b)(3), Health and  | 
      
      
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        Safety Code, possessed more than one pound, by aggregate weight,  | 
      
      
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        including adulterants or dilutants, of the controlled substance; or | 
      
      
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                           (C)  under Section 481.121(b)(4) [481.121(b)(3)],  | 
      
      
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        Health and Safety Code, possessed more than one pound of marihuana. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 4.  Section 51.03(b), Family Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
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        read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (b)  Conduct indicating a need for supervision is: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  subject to Subsection (f), conduct, other than a  | 
      
      
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        traffic offense, that violates: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  the penal laws of this state of the grade of  | 
      
      
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        misdemeanor that are punishable by fine only; or | 
      
      
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                           (B)  the penal ordinances of any political  | 
      
      
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        subdivision of this state; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  the absence of a child on 10 or more days or parts  | 
      
      
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        of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on  | 
      
      
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        three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period from  | 
      
      
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        school; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  the voluntary absence of a child from the child's  | 
      
      
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        home without the consent of the child's parent or guardian for a  | 
      
      
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        substantial length of time or without intent to return; | 
      
      
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                     (4)  conduct prohibited by city ordinance or by state  | 
      
      
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        law involving the inhalation of the fumes or vapors of paint and  | 
      
      
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        other protective coatings or glue and other adhesives and the  | 
      
      
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        volatile chemicals itemized in Section 485.001, Health and Safety  | 
      
      
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        Code; | 
      
      
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                     (5)  an act that violates a school district's  | 
      
      
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        previously communicated written standards of student conduct for  | 
      
      
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        which the child has been expelled under Section 37.007(c),  | 
      
      
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        Education Code; | 
      
      
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                     (6)  conduct that violates a reasonable and lawful  | 
      
      
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        order of a court entered under Section 264.305; | 
      
      
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                     (7)  notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct  | 
      
      
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        described by Section 43.02(a) or (b) [43.02(a)(1) or (2)], Penal  | 
      
      
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        Code; or | 
      
      
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                     (8)  notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct that  | 
      
      
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        violates Section 43.261, Penal Code. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 5.  Section 261.001(1), Family Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
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        read as follows: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions  | 
      
      
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        by a person: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  mental or emotional injury to a child that  | 
      
      
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        results in an observable and material impairment in the child's  | 
      
      
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        growth, development, or psychological functioning; | 
      
      
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                           (B)  causing or permitting the child to be in a  | 
      
      
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        situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury  | 
      
      
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        that results in an observable and material impairment in the  | 
      
      
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        child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; | 
      
      
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                           (C)  physical injury that results in substantial  | 
      
      
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        harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from  | 
      
      
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        physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at  | 
      
      
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        variance with the history or explanation given and excluding an  | 
      
      
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        accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or  | 
      
      
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        managing or possessory conservator that does not expose the child  | 
      
      
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        to a substantial risk of harm; | 
      
      
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                           (D)  failure to make a reasonable effort to  | 
      
      
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        prevent an action by another person that results in physical injury  | 
      
      
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        that results in substantial harm to the child; | 
      
      
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                           (E)  sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental,  | 
      
      
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        emotional, or physical welfare, including conduct that constitutes  | 
      
      
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        the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or children  | 
      
      
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        under Section 21.02, Penal Code, indecency with a child under  | 
      
      
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        Section 21.11, Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011,  | 
      
      
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        Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021,  | 
      
      
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        Penal Code; | 
      
      
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                           (F)  failure to make a reasonable effort to  | 
      
      
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        prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child; | 
      
      
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                           (G)  compelling or encouraging the child to engage  | 
      
      
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        in sexual conduct as defined by Section 43.01, Penal Code,  | 
      
      
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        including compelling or encouraging the child in a manner [conduct]  | 
      
      
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        that constitutes an offense of trafficking of persons under Section  | 
      
      
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        20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code, prostitution under Section  | 
      
      
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        43.02(b) [43.02(a)(2)], Penal Code, or compelling prostitution  | 
      
      
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        under Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; | 
      
      
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                           (H)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging  | 
      
      
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        in, or allowing the photographing, filming, or depicting of the  | 
      
      
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        child if the person knew or should have known that the resulting  | 
      
      
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        photograph, film, or depiction of the child is obscene as defined by  | 
      
      
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        Section 43.21, Penal Code, or pornographic; | 
      
      
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                           (I)  the current use by a person of a controlled  | 
      
      
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        substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a  | 
      
      
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        manner or to the extent that the use results in physical, mental, or  | 
      
      
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        emotional injury to a child; | 
      
      
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                           (J)  causing, expressly permitting, or  | 
      
      
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        encouraging a child to use a controlled substance as defined by  | 
      
      
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        Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; | 
      
      
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                           (K)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging  | 
      
      
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        in, or allowing a sexual performance by a child as defined by  | 
      
      
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        Section 43.25, Penal Code; or | 
      
      
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                           (L)  knowingly causing, permitting, encouraging,  | 
      
      
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        engaging in, or allowing a child to be trafficked in a manner  | 
      
      
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        punishable as an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or  | 
      
      
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        (8), Penal Code, or the failure to make a reasonable effort to  | 
      
      
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        prevent a child from being trafficked in a manner punishable as an  | 
      
      
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        offense under any of those sections. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 6.  Section 169.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  The commissioners court of a county or governing body of  | 
      
      
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        a municipality may establish a first offender prostitution  | 
      
      
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        prevention program for defendants charged with an offense under  | 
      
      
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        Section 43.02(b) [43.02(a)(2)], Penal Code[, in which the defendant 
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          offered or agreed to hire a person to engage in sexual conduct]. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 7.  Section 169A.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  The commissioners court of a county or governing body of  | 
      
      
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        a municipality may establish a prostitution prevention program for  | 
      
      
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        defendants charged with an offense under Section 43.02(a)  | 
      
      
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        [43.02(a)(1)], Penal Code[, in which the defendant offered or 
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          agreed to engage in or engaged in sexual conduct for a fee]. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 8.  Section 481.115, Health and Safety Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to  | 
      
      
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        read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), an [An] offense  | 
      
      
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        under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor [state jail felony] if  | 
      
      
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        the amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate  | 
      
      
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        weight, including adulterants or dilutants, less than one gram. | 
      
      
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               (b-1)  An offense punishable under Subsection (b) is a state  | 
      
      
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        jail felony if the person has been previously convicted of an  | 
      
      
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        offense under this section or Section 481.1151, 481.116, 481.1161,  | 
      
      
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        481.117, 481.118, or 481.121. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 9.  Section 481.121(b), Health and Safety Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (b)  An offense under Subsection (a) is: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana  | 
      
      
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        possessed is one ounce or less; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana  | 
      
      
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        possessed is two ounces or less but more than one ounce; | 
      
      
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                     (3) [(2)]  a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of  | 
      
      
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        marihuana possessed is four ounces or less but more than two ounces; | 
      
      
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                     (4) [(3)]  a state jail felony if the amount of  | 
      
      
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        marihuana possessed is five pounds or less but more than four  | 
      
      
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        ounces; | 
      
      
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                     (5) [(4)]  a felony of the third degree if the amount of  | 
      
      
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        marihuana possessed is 50 pounds or less but more than 5 pounds; | 
      
      
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                     (6) [(5)]  a felony of the second degree if the amount  | 
      
      
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        of marihuana possessed is 2,000 pounds or less but more than 50  | 
      
      
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        pounds; and | 
      
      
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                     (7) [(6)]  punishable by imprisonment in the Texas  | 
      
      
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        Department of Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more  | 
      
      
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        than 99 years or less than 5 years, and a fine not to exceed $50,000,  | 
      
      
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        if the amount of marihuana possessed is more than 2,000 pounds. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 10.  Section 481.126(a), Health and Safety Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  A person commits an offense if the person: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  barters property or expends funds the person knows  | 
      
      
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        are derived from the commission of an offense under this chapter  | 
      
      
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        punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal  | 
      
      
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        Justice for life; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  barters property or expends funds the person knows  | 
      
      
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        are derived from the commission of an offense under Section  | 
      
      
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        481.121(a) that is punishable under Section 481.121(b)(6)  | 
      
      
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        [481.121(b)(5)]; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  barters property or finances or invests funds the  | 
      
      
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        person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of  | 
      
      
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        an offense for which the punishment is described by Subdivision  | 
      
      
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        (1); or | 
      
      
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                     (4)  barters property or finances or invests funds the  | 
      
      
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        person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of  | 
      
      
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        an offense under Section 481.121(a) that is punishable under  | 
      
      
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        Section 481.121(b)(6) [481.121(b)(5)]. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 11.  Sections 481.134(c), (d), (e), and (f), Health  | 
      
      
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        and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (c)  The minimum term of confinement or imprisonment for an  | 
      
      
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        offense otherwise punishable under Section 481.112(c), (d), (e), or  | 
      
      
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        (f), 481.113(c), (d), or (e), 481.114(c), (d), or (e),  | 
      
      
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        481.115(c)-(f), 481.116(c), (d), or (e), 481.1161(b)(4), (5), or  | 
      
      
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        (6), 481.117(c), (d), or (e), 481.118(c), (d), or (e),  | 
      
      
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        481.120(b)(4), (5), or (6), or 481.121(b)(5), (6), or (7)  | 
      
      
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        [481.121(b)(4), (5), or (6)] is increased by five years and the  | 
      
      
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        maximum fine for the offense is doubled if it is shown on the trial  | 
      
      
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        of the offense that the offense was committed: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of a  | 
      
      
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        school, the premises of a public or private youth center, or a  | 
      
      
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        playground; or | 
      
      
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                     (2)  on a school bus. | 
      
      
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               (d)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section  | 
      
      
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        481.112(b), 481.113(b), 481.114(b), 481.115(b-1) [481.115(b)],  | 
      
      
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        481.116(b), 481.1161(b)(3), 481.120(b)(3), or 481.121(b)(4)  | 
      
      
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        [481.121(b)(3)] is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on  | 
      
      
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        the trial of the offense that the offense was committed: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property  | 
      
      
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        that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the  | 
      
      
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        premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or | 
      
      
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                     (2)  on a school bus. | 
      
      
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               (e)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section  | 
      
      
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        481.117(b), 481.119(a), 481.120(b)(2), or 481.121(b)(3)  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [481.121(b)(2)] is a state jail felony 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. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (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  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        $500 [$50]; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (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 [$50] or more but less than $1,500 [$500]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3)  a Class A misdemeanor if: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  the amount of pecuniary loss  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        is $1,500 [$500] or more but less than $20,000 [$1,500]; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (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: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  [$1,500 or more but less than $20,000;
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           [(B)]  less than $20,000 [$1,500], if the property  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        damaged or destroyed is a habitation and if the damage or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        destruction is caused by a firearm or explosive weapon; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B) [(C)]  less than $20,000 [$1,500], if the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        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 | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C) [(D)]  less than $20,000 and the actor causes  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        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 [$500]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3) [(2)]  a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        pecuniary loss is $750 [$500] or more but less than $2,500 [$1,500]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (4) [(3)]  a state jail felony if the amount of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        pecuniary loss is $2,500 [$1,500] or more but less than $30,000  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [$20,000]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (5) [(4)]  a felony of the third degree if the amount of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        pecuniary loss is $30,000 [$20,000] or more but less than $150,000  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [$100,000]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (6) [(5)]  a felony of the second degree if the amount  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of pecuniary loss is $150,000 [$100,000] or more but less than  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        $300,000 [$200,000]; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (7) [(6)]  a felony of the first degree if the amount of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        pecuniary loss is $300,000 [$200,000] or more. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (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  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        $30,000 [$20,000]. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               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 [state jail felony] if  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        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 [:
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           [(A)  $50; or
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           [(B)
           
           
          $20 and the defendant obtained the property 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          by issuing or passing a check or similar sight order in a manner 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          described by Section 31.06]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  the value of the property stolen is $500 [:
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 [(i)  $50] or more but less than $1,500  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [$500]; [or
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 [(ii)
           
           
          $20 or more but less than $500 and the 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          defendant obtained the property by issuing or passing a check or 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          similar sight order in a manner described by Section 31.06;] | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  the value of the property stolen is less than  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        $500 [:
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 [(i)  $50] and the defendant has previously  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        been convicted of any grade of theft; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 [(ii)
           
           
          $20, the defendant has previously 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          been convicted of any grade of theft, and the defendant obtained the 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          property by issuing or passing a check or similar sight order in a 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          manner described by Section 31.06; or] | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (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 [$500] or more but less than $20,000 [$1,500]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (4)  a state jail felony if: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  [the value of the property stolen is $1,500 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          or more but less than $20,000, or] the property is less than 10 head  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        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  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        $20,000 [$1,500] and the defendant has been previously convicted  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        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  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [$1,500]; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  within three days after receiving notice  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        demanding return, if the property is valued at $2,500 [$1,500] or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        more. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (e)  An offense under this section is: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the value of the service  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        stolen is less than $100 [$20]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the value of the service  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        stolen is $100 [$20] or more but less than $750 [$500]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3)  a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the service  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        stolen is $750 [$500] or more but less than $2,500 [$1,500]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (4)  a state jail felony if the value of the service  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        stolen is $2,500 [$1,500] or more but less than $30,000 [$20,000]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (5)  a felony of the third degree if the value of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        service stolen is $30,000 [$20,000] or more but less than $150,000  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [$100,000]; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (6)  a felony of the second degree if the value of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        service stolen is $150,000 [$100,000] or more but less than  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        $300,000 [$200,000]; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (7)  a felony of the first degree if the value of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        service stolen is $300,000 [$200,000] or more. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 17.  Section 32.21(c), Penal Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (c)  Except as provided by Subsections [(d),] (e) [,] and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (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  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [state jail felony], except that the offense is a felony of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        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 [state jail felony] if the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        number of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is less  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        than five; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  a state jail felony [of the third degree] if the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        number of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is five  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or more but less than 10; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3)  a felony of the third [second] degree if the number  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is 10 or more but  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        less than 50; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (4)  a felony of the second [first] degree if the number  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        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  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        sexual conduct [for a fee]; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  solicits another in a public place to engage with  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the actor [person] in sexual conduct for hire. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (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: | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (1)  offers to engage, agrees to engage, or engages in  | 
      
      
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        sexual conduct; or | 
      
      
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                     (2)  solicits another in a public place to engage with  | 
      
      
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        the actor in sexual conduct for hire. | 
      
      
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               (b-1)  An offense is established under Subsection (a)  | 
      
      
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        regardless of [(a)(1)] whether the actor is offered or actually  | 
      
      
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        receives the [is to receive or pay a] fee.  An offense is  | 
      
      
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        established under Subsection (b) regardless of [(a)(2)] whether the  | 
      
      
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        actor or another person on behalf of the actor offers or actually  | 
      
      
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        pays the fee [solicits a person to hire the actor or offers to hire 
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          the person solicited]. | 
      
      
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               (c)  An offense under Subsection (a) [this section] is a  | 
      
      
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        Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class A  | 
      
      
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        misdemeanor if the actor has previously been convicted one or more  | 
      
      
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        times of an offense under that subsection. | 
      
      
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               (c-1)  An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class B  | 
      
      
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        misdemeanor, except that the offense is: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has previously  | 
      
      
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        been convicted one or two times of an offense under that subsection  | 
      
      
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        [this section]; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  a state jail felony if the actor has previously  | 
      
      
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        been convicted three or more times of an offense under that  | 
      
      
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        subsection [this section]; or | 
      
      
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                     (3)  a felony of the second degree if the person  | 
      
      
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        solicited is younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the  | 
      
      
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        actor knows the age of the person solicited at the time the actor  | 
      
      
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        commits the offense. | 
      
      
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               (d)  It is a defense to prosecution for an offense under  | 
      
      
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        Subsection (a) [under this section] that the actor engaged in the  | 
      
      
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        conduct that constitutes the offense because the actor was the  | 
      
      
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        victim of conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02  | 
      
      
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        or 43.05. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 21.  Section 32.21(d), Penal Code, is repealed. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 22.  (a)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the  | 
      
      
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        Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall report to the  | 
      
      
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        legislature on the financial impact to the state during the  | 
      
      
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        preceding state fiscal year of reducing penalties under this Act. | 
      
      
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               (b)  The report must include an analysis of incarceration  | 
      
      
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        costs incurred by the state and local governments, including the  | 
      
      
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        cost of constructing prisons and jails. | 
      
      
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               (c)  The comptroller shall verify the findings of the Texas  | 
      
      
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        Department of Criminal Justice in analyzing the cost savings  | 
      
      
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        realized by the state under this Act. The Texas Department of  | 
      
      
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        Criminal Justice may retain the amount of the actual savings  | 
      
      
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        attributable to implementation of this Act, to the extent that the  | 
      
      
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        savings come from funds appropriated to the department and to the  | 
      
      
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        extent the department distributed that amount to programs or  | 
      
      
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        facilities for the supervision and rehabilitation of offenders. The  | 
      
      
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        Texas Department of Criminal Justice may transfer savings  | 
      
      
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        attributable to implementation of this Act from the first year of  | 
      
      
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        the fiscal biennium to the second year of the fiscal biennium,  | 
      
      
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        provided that the department uses the full amount transferred for  | 
      
      
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        distribution to programs or facilities for the supervision and  | 
      
      
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        rehabilitation of offenders. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 23.  The changes in law made by this Act apply 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 24.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |