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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 aggravated |
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kidnapping; creating an offense. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 20.04, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsections (b-1) and (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b-1) A person commits an offense if the person |
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intentionally or knowingly abducts a child younger than 18 years of |
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age. |
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(b-2) It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under |
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Subsection (b-1) that: |
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(1) the abduction was not coupled with intent to use or |
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to threaten to use deadly force; |
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(2) the actor was a relative of the victim; and |
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(3) the actor's sole intent was to assume lawful |
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control of the victim. |
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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 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |