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          AN ACT
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        relating to prostitution and the trafficking of persons, civil  | 
      
      
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        racketeering related to trafficking, the prosecution of and  | 
      
      
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        punishment for certain sexual offenses and offenses involving or  | 
      
      
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        related to trafficking, reimbursement of certain costs for criminal  | 
      
      
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        victims who are children, and the release and reporting of certain  | 
      
      
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        information relating to a child; increasing a criminal penalty;  | 
      
      
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        creating a criminal offense. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Chapter 140A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,  | 
      
      
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        is amended by designating Sections 140A.001 and 140A.002 as  | 
      
      
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        Subchapter A and adding a subchapter heading to read as follows: | 
      
      
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        SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  Section 140A.001, Civil Practice and Remedies  | 
      
      
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        Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows: | 
      
      
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                     (1-a)  "Attorney general" means the attorney general of  | 
      
      
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        Texas or any assistant attorney general acting under the direction  | 
      
      
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        of the attorney general of Texas. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  Subchapter A, Chapter 140A, Civil Practice and  | 
      
      
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        Remedies Code, as added by this Act, is amended by adding Section  | 
      
      
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        140A.0015  to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.0015.  APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS.  (a)  The  | 
      
      
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        provisions of this chapter are cumulative of each other and any  | 
      
      
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        other provision of law in effect relating to the same subject.  The  | 
      
      
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        provisions of this chapter preserve the constitutional and common  | 
      
      
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        law authority of the attorney general to bring any action under  | 
      
      
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        state and federal law. | 
      
      
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               (b)  If any of the provisions of this chapter are held  | 
      
      
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        invalid, the remainder of the provisions are not affected as a  | 
      
      
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        result and the application of the provision held invalid to persons  | 
      
      
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        or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid are  | 
      
      
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        not affected as a result. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 4.  Chapter 140A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,  | 
      
      
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        is amended by adding Subchapter B to read as follows: | 
      
      
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        SUBCHAPTER B.  PROCEDURES AND EVIDENCE | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.051.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  "Civil investigative demand" means any demand  | 
      
      
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        issued by the attorney general under this subchapter. | 
      
      
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                     (2)  "Documentary material" means the original or a  | 
      
      
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        copy of any paper, contract, agreement, book, booklet, brochure,  | 
      
      
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        pamphlet, catalog, magazine, notice, announcement, circular,  | 
      
      
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        bulletin, instruction, minutes, agenda, study, analysis, report,  | 
      
      
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        graph, map, chart, table, schedule, note, letter, telegram,  | 
      
      
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        telephone recordings, or data compilations stored in or accessible  | 
      
      
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        through computer or other information retrieval systems, together  | 
      
      
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        with instructions and all other materials necessary to use or  | 
      
      
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        interpret the data compilations, and any product of discovery. | 
      
      
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                     (3)  "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section  | 
      
      
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        311.005, Government Code.  | 
      
      
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                     (4)  "Product of discovery" means: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  the original or a copy of a deposition,  | 
      
      
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        interrogatory, document, thing, result of inspection of land or  | 
      
      
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        other property, examination, or admission that is obtained by any  | 
      
      
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        method of discovery in a judicial or administrative proceeding of  | 
      
      
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        an adversarial nature; | 
      
      
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                           (B)  a digest, analysis, selection, compilation,  | 
      
      
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        or derivation of any item listed in Paragraph (A); and | 
      
      
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                           (C)  an index, instruction, or other aid or means  | 
      
      
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        of access to any item listed in Paragraph (A). | 
      
      
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                     (5)  "Racketeering investigation" means any inquiry  | 
      
      
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        conducted by the attorney general for the purpose of ascertaining  | 
      
      
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        whether any person is or has been engaged in or is actively  | 
      
      
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        preparing to engage in activities that may constitute a  | 
      
      
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        racketeering violation. | 
      
      
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                     (6)  "Racketeering violation" means any act or omission  | 
      
      
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        in violation of any of the prohibitions in Section 140A.002. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.052.  CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND.  If the attorney  | 
      
      
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        general has reason to believe that a person may be in possession,  | 
      
      
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        custody, or control of any documentary material or other evidence  | 
      
      
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        or may have any information relevant to a civil racketeering  | 
      
      
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        investigation, the attorney general may, before beginning a civil  | 
      
      
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        proceeding, issue in writing and serve on the person a civil  | 
      
      
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        investigative demand requiring the person to: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  produce any of the documentary material for  | 
      
      
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        inspection and copying; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  answer in writing any written interrogatories; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  give oral testimony; or | 
      
      
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                     (4)  provide any combination of civil investigative  | 
      
      
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        demands under Subdivisions (1)-(3). | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.053.  CONTENTS OF DEMAND.  (a)  A civil  | 
      
      
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        investigative demand issued under Section 140A.052 must: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  describe the nature of the activities that are the  | 
      
      
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        subject of the investigation; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  state each statute the activity violates; and | 
      
      
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                     (3)  advise the person on whom the demand is served that  | 
      
      
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        the person has the right to object to the demand as provided for in  | 
      
      
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        this subchapter. | 
      
      
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               (b)  A demand for production of documentary material must: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  describe the class of material to be produced with  | 
      
      
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        reasonable specificity so that the material demanded is fairly  | 
      
      
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        identified; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  prescribe a return date that provides a reasonable  | 
      
      
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        period of time within which the material is to be produced; and | 
      
      
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                     (3)  identify the individual to whom the material is to  | 
      
      
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        be made available for inspection and copying. | 
      
      
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               (c)  A demand for answers to written interrogatories must: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  propound the interrogatories with definiteness  | 
      
      
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        and certainty; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  prescribe a date by which answers to the  | 
      
      
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        interrogatories must be submitted; and | 
      
      
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                     (3)  identify the individual to whom the answers should  | 
      
      
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        be submitted. | 
      
      
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               (d)  Each demand for the giving of oral testimony must: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  prescribe a reasonable date, time, and place at  | 
      
      
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        which the testimony will begin; and | 
      
      
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                     (2)  identify the individual who will conduct the  | 
      
      
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        examination. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.054.  SERVICE; PROOF OF SERVICE.  (a)  Service of  | 
      
      
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        any civil investigative demand or petition filed under Section  | 
      
      
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        140A.055 or 140A.060 may be made on any natural person by delivering  | 
      
      
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        a duly executed copy of the demand or petition to the person to be  | 
      
      
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        served or by mailing a copy by registered or certified mail, return  | 
      
      
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        receipt requested, to the person at the person's residence or  | 
      
      
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        principal office or place of business. | 
      
      
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               (b)  Service of any demand or petition filed under Section  | 
      
      
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        140A.055 or 140A.060 may be made on any person other than a natural  | 
      
      
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        person by delivering a duly executed copy of the demand or petition  | 
      
      
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        to a person to whom delivery would be appropriate under state law if  | 
      
      
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        the demand or petition were process in a civil suit. | 
      
      
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               (c)  A verified return by the individual serving any demand  | 
      
      
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        or petition filed under Section 140A.055 or 140A.060 setting forth  | 
      
      
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        the manner of service is proof of service.  In the case of service by  | 
      
      
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        registered or certified mail, the return must be accompanied by the  | 
      
      
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        return post office receipt of delivery of the demand or petition. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.055.  PETITION FOR ORDER MODIFYING OR SETTING  | 
      
      
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        ASIDE DEMAND.  (a)  At any time before the return date specified in a  | 
      
      
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        civil investigative demand or not later than the 30th day after the  | 
      
      
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        date the demand was served, whichever period is shorter, the person  | 
      
      
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        who has been served, and in the case of a demand for a product of  | 
      
      
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        discovery the person from whom the discovery was obtained, may file  | 
      
      
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        a petition for an order modifying or setting aside the demand in the  | 
      
      
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        district court in the county of the person's residence or principal  | 
      
      
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        office or place of business or a district court of Travis County.   | 
      
      
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        The petition must specify each ground upon which the petitioner  | 
      
      
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        relies in seeking the relief sought.  The petition may be based on  | 
      
      
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        any failure of a demand to comply with the provisions of this  | 
      
      
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        subchapter or on any constitutional or other legal right or  | 
      
      
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        privilege of the petitioner. | 
      
      
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               (b)  The petitioner shall serve a copy of the petition on the  | 
      
      
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        attorney general in accordance with Section 140A.054.  The attorney  | 
      
      
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        general may submit an answer to the petition. | 
      
      
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               (c)  In ruling on the petition under this section, the court  | 
      
      
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        shall presume absent evidence to the contrary that the attorney  | 
      
      
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        general issued the demand in good faith and within the scope of the  | 
      
      
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        attorney general's authority.  | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.056.  COMPLIANCE WITH DEMAND.  (a)  A person on  | 
      
      
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        whom a civil investigative demand is served under this subchapter  | 
      
      
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        shall comply with the terms of the demand unless otherwise provided  | 
      
      
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        by court order. | 
      
      
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               (b)  The time for compliance with the demand wholly or partly  | 
      
      
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        does not run during the pendency of any petition filed under Section  | 
      
      
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        140A.055, provided that the petitioner shall comply with any  | 
      
      
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        portions of the demand not sought to be modified or set aside. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.057.  DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL.  (a)  Any person on  | 
      
      
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        whom any civil investigative demand for the production of  | 
      
      
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        documentary material has been duly served under this subchapter  | 
      
      
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        shall make the material available to the attorney general for  | 
      
      
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        inspection and copying during normal business hours on the return  | 
      
      
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        date specified in the demand at the person's principal office or  | 
      
      
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        place of business or as otherwise may be agreed on by the person and  | 
      
      
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        the attorney general.  The attorney general shall bear the expense  | 
      
      
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        of any copying.  The person may substitute copies for originals of  | 
      
      
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        all or part of the requested documents if the originals are made  | 
      
      
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        available for inspection.  The attorney general may elect to obtain  | 
      
      
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        or review information in an electronic format.  The person shall  | 
      
      
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        indicate in writing which, if any, of the documents produced  | 
      
      
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        contain trade secrets or confidential information. | 
      
      
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               (b)  The production of documentary material in response to  | 
      
      
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        any demand must be made under a sworn certificate in the form the  | 
      
      
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        demand designates by a natural person having knowledge of the facts  | 
      
      
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        and circumstances relating to the production to the effect that all  | 
      
      
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        of the requested material in the possession, custody, or control of  | 
      
      
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        the person to whom the demand is directed has been produced. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.058.  INTERROGATORIES.  (a)  Each interrogatory in  | 
      
      
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        any civil investigative demand duly served must be answered  | 
      
      
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        separately and fully in writing, unless it is objected to, in which  | 
      
      
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        case the basis for the objection shall be set forth in lieu of an  | 
      
      
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        answer.  The person shall indicate in writing which, if any, of the  | 
      
      
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        answers contain trade secrets or confidential information. | 
      
      
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               (b)  Answers to interrogatories must be submitted under a  | 
      
      
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        sworn certificate in the form the related demand designates by a  | 
      
      
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        natural person having knowledge of the facts and circumstances  | 
      
      
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        relating to the preparation of the answers to the effect that all of  | 
      
      
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        the requested information in the possession, custody, control, or  | 
      
      
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        knowledge of the person to whom the demand is directed has been set  | 
      
      
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        forth fully and accurately. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.059.  ORAL EXAMINATION.  (a)  The examination of  | 
      
      
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        any person pursuant to a civil investigative demand for oral  | 
      
      
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        testimony duly served must be taken before any person authorized to  | 
      
      
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        administer oaths and affirmations under the laws of this state or  | 
      
      
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        the United States.  The person before whom the testimony is to be  | 
      
      
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        taken shall put the witness on oath or affirmation and shall  | 
      
      
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        personally or by someone acting under the person's direction and in  | 
      
      
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        the person's presence record the witness's testimony.  At the  | 
      
      
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        expense of the attorney general, and except as provided by this  | 
      
      
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        subsection, the testimony must be taken stenographically and may be  | 
      
      
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        transcribed.  The attorney general may take audio and video  | 
      
      
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        recordings of the testimony by providing notice to the person to be  | 
      
      
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        examined not later than the seventh day before the day the person is  | 
      
      
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        to be examined. | 
      
      
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               (b)  The oral testimony of any person taken pursuant to a  | 
      
      
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        demand served must be taken within 100 miles of the county where the  | 
      
      
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        person resides, is found, or transacts business or in any other  | 
      
      
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        place agreed on by the person and the attorney general. | 
      
      
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               (c)  Any person compelled to appear under a demand for oral  | 
      
      
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        testimony may be accompanied, represented, and advised by counsel.   | 
      
      
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        Counsel may advise the person in confidence, either on the request  | 
      
      
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        of the person or on the counsel's own initiative, with respect to  | 
      
      
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        any question arising in connection with the examination. | 
      
      
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               (d)  The individual conducting the examination on behalf of  | 
      
      
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        the attorney general shall exclude from the place of examination  | 
      
      
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        all other persons except the person being examined, the person's  | 
      
      
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        counsel, the counsel of the person to whom the demand has been  | 
      
      
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        issued, the person before whom the testimony is to be taken, any  | 
      
      
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        stenographer taking the testimony, audiographer, videographer, and  | 
      
      
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        any person assisting the individual conducting the examination. | 
      
      
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               (e)  During the examination, the person being examined or the  | 
      
      
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        person's counsel may object on the record to any question in  | 
      
      
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        accordance with Rule 199.5(e), Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.  An  | 
      
      
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        objection may properly be made, received, and entered on the record  | 
      
      
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        when it is claimed that the person is entitled to refuse to answer  | 
      
      
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        the question on grounds of any constitutional or other privilege,  | 
      
      
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        including the privilege against self-incrimination.  Neither that  | 
      
      
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        person nor the person's counsel may otherwise object to or refuse to  | 
      
      
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        answer any question or interrupt the oral examination.  If the  | 
      
      
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        person refuses to answer any question, the attorney general may  | 
      
      
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        petition the district court in the county where the examination is  | 
      
      
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        being conducted for an order compelling the person to answer the  | 
      
      
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        question. | 
      
      
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               (f)  After the testimony has been fully transcribed, the  | 
      
      
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        person before whom the testimony was taken shall promptly transmit  | 
      
      
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        the transcript of the testimony to the witness and a copy of the  | 
      
      
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        transcript to the attorney general.  The witness must have a  | 
      
      
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        reasonable opportunity to examine the transcript and make any  | 
      
      
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        changes in form or substance accompanied by a statement of the  | 
      
      
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        reasons for the changes.  The witness shall then sign and return the  | 
      
      
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        transcript.  If the witness does not return the transcript to the  | 
      
      
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        person before whom the testimony was taken not later than the 20th  | 
      
      
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        day after the date the transcript was provided to the witness, the  | 
      
      
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        witness may be deemed to have waived the right to make changes.  The  | 
      
      
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        officer shall then certify on the transcript that the witness was  | 
      
      
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        duly sworn and that the transcript is a true record of the testimony  | 
      
      
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        given by the witness and promptly transmit a copy of the certified  | 
      
      
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        transcript to the attorney general. | 
      
      
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               (g)  On request, the attorney general shall furnish a copy of  | 
      
      
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        the certified transcript to the witness. | 
      
      
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               (h)  The attorney general may provide the witness the same  | 
      
      
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        fees and mileage reimbursement that are paid to witnesses in the  | 
      
      
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        district courts of this state. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.060.  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DEMAND PETITION FOR  | 
      
      
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        ENFORCEMENT.  If a person fails to comply with a civil investigative  | 
      
      
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        demand duly served on the person, the attorney general may file in  | 
      
      
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        the  district court in the county in which the person resides, is  | 
      
      
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        found, or transacts business or in a district court of Travis County  | 
      
      
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        and may serve on the person a petition for an order of the court for  | 
      
      
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        enforcement.  If the person transacts business in more than one  | 
      
      
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        county and the attorney general elects not to file the petition in  | 
      
      
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        Travis County, the petition must be filed in the county of the  | 
      
      
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        person's principal office or place of business in the state or in  | 
      
      
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        any other county as may be agreed on by the person and the attorney  | 
      
      
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        general. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.061.  DELIBERATE NONCOMPLIANCE.  (a) A person  | 
      
      
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        commits an offense if the person, with intent to avoid, evade, or  | 
      
      
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        prevent compliance with a civil investigative demand issued under  | 
      
      
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        this subchapter, knowingly removes from any place, conceals,  | 
      
      
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        withholds, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by any other means  | 
      
      
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        falsifies any documentary material or otherwise provides  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        inaccurate information. | 
      
      
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               (b)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor  | 
      
      
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        punishable by: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  a fine of not more than $5,000; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  confinement in a county jail for not more than one  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        year; or  | 
      
      
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                     (3)  both a fine and confinement. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.062.  DISCLOSURE AND USE OF MATERIAL AND  | 
      
      
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        INFORMATION.  (a)  The civil investigative demand issued by the  | 
      
      
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        attorney general, any information obtained, maintained, or created  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        in response to the demand, or any documentary material, product of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        discovery, or other record derived or created during an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        investigation from the information, is not subject to disclosure  | 
      
      
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        under Chapter 552, Government Code, and is not subject to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        for the release, except as described in Subsections (b) and (c). | 
      
      
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               (b)  The attorney general may not release or disclose  | 
      
      
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        information that is obtained in response to a demand or any  | 
      
      
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        documentary material, product of discovery, or other record derived  | 
      
      
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        from the information except: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  by court order for good cause shown; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  with the consent of the person who provided the  | 
      
      
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        information to the attorney general; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  to an employee or other person under the direction  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        of the attorney general; | 
      
      
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                     (4)  to an agency of this state, the United States, or  | 
      
      
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        another state or foreign country; | 
      
      
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                     (5)  to any party or person in accordance with Sections  | 
      
      
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        140A.107 and 140A.108; | 
      
      
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                     (6)  to a political subdivision of this state; or | 
      
      
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                     (7)  to a person authorized by the attorney general to  | 
      
      
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        receive the information. | 
      
      
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               (c)  The attorney general may use information obtained in  | 
      
      
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        response to a demand, or any documentary material, product of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        discovery, or other record derived or created from the information  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        as the attorney general determines necessary in the enforcement of  | 
      
      
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        this chapter, including presentation before  court. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.063.  JURISDICTION.  If a petition is filed in the  | 
      
      
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        district court in any county, the court has jurisdiction to hear and  | 
      
      
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        determine the matter presented and to enter any order required to  | 
      
      
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        implement this chapter.  Any final order is subject to appeal.   | 
      
      
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        Failure to comply with any final order entered by a court under this  | 
      
      
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        chapter is punishable by the court as contempt of the order. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.064.  NONEXCLUSIVE PROCEDURES.  Nothing in this  | 
      
      
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        chapter precludes the attorney general from using any procedure not  | 
      
      
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        specified in this chapter in conducting a racketeering  | 
      
      
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        investigation. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 5.  Chapter 140A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code,  | 
      
      
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        is amended by adding Subchapter C and adding a subchapter heading to  | 
      
      
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        read as follows: | 
      
      
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        SUBCHAPTER C.  ENFORCEMENT | 
      
      
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               SECTION 6.  Sections 140A.003 through 140A.013, Civil  | 
      
      
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        Practice and Remedies Code, are transferred to Subchapter C,  | 
      
      
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        Chapter 140A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by this  | 
      
      
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        Act, redesignated as Sections 140A.101 through 140A.111, Civil  | 
      
      
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        Practice and Remedies Code, and amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.101 [140A.003].  SUIT TO ABATE RACKETEERING.  (a)   | 
      
      
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        The attorney general may bring suit in the name of the state against  | 
      
      
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        a person or enterprise for racketeering and may seek civil  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        penalties, costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and appropriate  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        injunctive relief. | 
      
      
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               (b)  This chapter does not authorize suit by a person or  | 
      
      
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        enterprise that sustains injury as a result of racketeering. | 
      
      
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               (c)  A suit under this chapter must be brought in a district  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        court in a county in which all or part of the alleged racketeering  | 
      
      
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        offense giving rise to the suit occurred. | 
      
      
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               Sec. 140A.102 [140A.004].  INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; OTHER  | 
      
      
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        REMEDIES.  (a)  A court in which a proceeding is brought under this  | 
      
      
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        chapter may prevent, restrain, and remedy racketeering by issuing  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        appropriate orders.  The orders may include a temporary restraining  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        order, a temporary or permanent injunction, the creation of a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        receivership, and the enforcement of a constructive trust in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        connection with any property or other interest, prejudgment writs  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of attachment under Chapter 61 for the purposes of freezing,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        preserving, and disgorging assets, or another order for a remedy or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        restraint the court considers proper. | 
      
      
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               (b)  Following a final determination of liability under this  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        chapter, the court may issue an appropriate order, including an  | 
      
      
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        order that: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  requires a person to divest any direct or indirect  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        interest in an enterprise; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (2)  imposes reasonable restrictions on the future  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        activities or investments of a person that affect the laws of this  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        state, including prohibiting a person from engaging in the type of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        endeavor or enterprise that gave rise to the racketeering offense,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        to the extent permitted by the constitutions of this state and the  | 
      
      
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        United States; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  requires the dissolution or reorganization of an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        enterprise involved in the suit; | 
      
      
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                     (4)  orders the recovery of reasonable fees, expenses,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        and costs incurred in obtaining injunctive relief or civil remedies  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        or in conducting investigations under this chapter, including court  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        costs, investigation costs, attorney's fees, witness fees, and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        deposition fees; | 
      
      
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                     (5)  orders payment to the state of an amount equal to: | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (A)  the gain acquired or maintained through  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        racketeering; or | 
      
      
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                           (B)  the amount for which a person is liable under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        this chapter; | 
      
      
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                     (6)  orders payment to the state of a civil penalty by a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person or enterprise found liable for racketeering, in an amount  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        not to exceed $250,000 for each separately alleged and proven act of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        racketeering; | 
      
      
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                     (7)  orders payment of damages to the state for  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        racketeering shown to have materially damaged the state; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (8)  orders that property attached under Chapter 61 be  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        used to satisfy an award of the court, including damages,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        penalties, costs, and fees. | 
      
      
        | 
           
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               (c)  In determining the amount of a civil penalty ordered  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        under Subsection (b)(6), the court shall consider: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  the seriousness of the racketeering offense and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        the consequent financial or personal harm to the state or to any  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        identified victim; [and] | 
      
      
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                     (2)  the duration of the racketeering activity; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (3)  any other matter that justice requires. | 
      
      
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               (d)  If any property attached under Chapter 61 is not  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        necessary to satisfy an award of the court after a finding of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        liability for racketeering of the person or enterprise having an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        interest in the property, the court may order that the property be  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        disgorged to the state to the extent of the person's or enterprise's  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        interest.  To be disgorged, the property must be acquired or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        maintained by the person or enterprise through racketeering. | 
      
      
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			 | 
               (e)  In determining the amount of damages ordered under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Subsection (b)(7), the court shall consider: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  loss of tax revenue to the state; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  unpaid state unemployment taxes; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  unpaid state licensing and regulatory fees; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (4)  medical and counseling costs incurred by the state  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        on behalf of any victim of the racketeering; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (5)  other material damage caused to the state by the  | 
      
      
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        racketeering. | 
      
      
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               (f)  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, remedies  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        and awards ordered by a court under this chapter, including costs  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        and reasonable attorney's fees, may be assessed against and paid  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        from money or property awarded under this chapter. | 
      
      
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               (g)  This chapter is not intended to provide the exclusive  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        remedy for the activity addressed by this chapter.  A proceeding  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        under this chapter may be brought in addition to or in the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        alternative of any other civil or criminal action available under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        the laws of this state. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (h)  Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Articles 59.13 and 59.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, apply to a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        remedy under this section. | 
      
      
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               (i)  A remedy under this section may not impair a security  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        interest in property subject to a bona fide lien. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 140A.103 [140A.005].  CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST.  (a)  A  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person or enterprise that, through racketeering, acquires property  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or prevents another person from receiving property that by law is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        required to be transferred or paid to that person is an involuntary  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        trustee.  The involuntary trustee or any other person or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        enterprise, other than a bona fide purchaser for value as described  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        by Subsection (b), holds the property and the proceeds of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        property in constructive trust for the benefit of any person  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        entitled to remedies under this chapter. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  A bona fide purchaser for value who was reasonably  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        without notice of unlawful conduct and who did not knowingly take  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        part in an illegal transaction is not an involuntary trustee under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Subsection (a) and is not subject to a constructive trust imposed  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        under this chapter. | 
      
      
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			 | 
               Sec. 140A.104 [140A.006].  EVIDENCE.  (a)  In a proceeding  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        under this chapter, the state bears the burden of proof by a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        preponderance of the evidence. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  A person convicted in a criminal proceeding is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        precluded, in a proceeding under this chapter, from subsequently  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        denying the essential allegations of the criminal offense of which  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the person was convicted.  For purposes of this subsection, a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        verdict or a plea, including a plea of nolo contendere, is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        considered a conviction. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (c)  An individual may not be held liable under this chapter  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        based on the conduct of another person unless the finder of fact  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the individual  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        authorized, requested, commanded, participated in, ratified, or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        recklessly tolerated the unlawful conduct of the other person. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (d)  An enterprise may not be held liable under this chapter  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        based on the conduct of an agent unless the finder of fact finds by a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        preponderance of the evidence that a director or high managerial  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        agent performed, authorized, requested, commanded, participated  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        in, ratified, or recklessly tolerated the unlawful conduct of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        agent. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (e)  A bank or savings and loan association insured by the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a credit union insured by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the National Credit Union Administration, or the holder of a money  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        transmission license as defined by Chapter 151, Finance Code, may  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        not be held liable in damages or for other relief under this  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        chapter, unless the finder of fact finds by a preponderance of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        evidence that the person or agent acquiring or maintaining an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        interest in or transporting, transacting, transferring, or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        receiving the funds on behalf of another did so knowing that the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        funds were the proceeds of an offense and that a director or high  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        managerial agent performed, authorized, requested, commanded,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        participated in, ratified, or recklessly tolerated the unlawful  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        conduct of the person or agent. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 140A.105 [140A.007].  LIMITATIONS PERIOD.  A  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        proceeding may be commenced under this chapter only if the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        proceeding is filed on or before the seventh anniversary of the date  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        on which the racketeering offense was actually discovered.  This  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        section supersedes any conflicting provision establishing a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        shorter period of limitations for the same conduct. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 140A.106 [140A.008].  SPECIAL DOCKETING PROCEDURES.   | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        The attorney general may file with the clerk of the district court  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        in which a proceeding is brought under this chapter a certificate  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        stating that the case is of special public importance.  The clerk  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        must immediately furnish a copy of the certificate to the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        administrative judge of the district court of the county in which  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the proceeding is pending.  On receiving the copy of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        certificate, the administrative judge shall immediately designate  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        a judge to hear and determine the proceeding.  The designated judge  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        shall promptly assign the proceeding for hearing, participate in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        hearings, make determinations, and cause the action to be  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        expedited. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 140A.107 [140A.009].  NOTICE TO LOCAL PROSECUTOR.  (a)   | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        In a reasonable time before initiating suit or on initiating an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        investigation on racketeering, the attorney general shall provide  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        notice to the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction that appears to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        have primary jurisdiction over the criminal prosecution of any  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        target of an investigation under this chapter at the time of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        notice concerning the attorney general's intent to file suit under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        this chapter or investigate racketeering, as applicable. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  The notices described by Subsection (a) must describe or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        otherwise identify the defendant to the suit or the suspect, as  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        applicable. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 140A.108 [140A.010].  COOPERATION WITH LOCAL  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        PROSECUTOR.  (a)  A district attorney, criminal district attorney,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction that receives  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        notice under Section 140A.107 [140A.009] may notify the attorney  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        general of a related pending criminal investigation or prosecution. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  Notification to the attorney general under Subsection  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (a) must be in writing and describe or otherwise identify the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        defendant or suspect in the criminal investigation or proceeding. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (c)  On receipt of notice described by Subsection (a), the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        attorney general shall coordinate and cooperate with the district  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney with  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        felony criminal jurisdiction to ensure that the filing of a suit  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        under this chapter does not interfere with an ongoing criminal  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        investigation or prosecution.  The attorney general shall update  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction on matters affecting the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        suit or the investigation. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 140A.109 [140A.011].  ABATEMENT OF SUIT.  If the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        with felony criminal jurisdiction determines that a suit brought  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        under this chapter would interfere with an ongoing criminal  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        investigation or prosecution after notifying the attorney general  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of the investigation or prosecution under Section 140A.108  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [140A.010], the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction may request, in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        writing, that the attorney general abate the suit.  On receipt of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        this request, the attorney general shall abate the suit. | 
      
      
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			 | 
               Sec. 140A.110 [140A.012].  DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.  (a)  An  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        award issued in an action brought under this chapter must be paid in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        accordance with this section. | 
      
      
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			 | 
               (b)  After a deduction of any costs of suit, including  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        reasonable attorney's fees and court costs, 80 percent of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amount of the award remaining must be paid to the state, and the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        remaining 20 percent must be paid, on a pro rata basis, to each law  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        enforcement agency, district attorney's office, criminal district  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        attorney's office, and office of a county attorney with felony  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        criminal jurisdiction found by the court to have assisted in the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        suit. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (c)  The first $10 million, after any costs of suit described  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        by Subsection (b), that is paid to the state under this chapter in a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        fiscal year shall be dedicated to the compensation to victims of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        crime fund described by Article 56.54, Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 140A.111 [140A.013].  PREVIOUSLY SEIZED ASSETS.   | 
      
      
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        Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, no remedies  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        provided by this chapter may be assessed against proceeds,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        contraband, or other property over which a law enforcement agency  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        has previously asserted jurisdiction under Chapter 59, Code of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Criminal Procedure, at the time a suit under this chapter was filed. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 7.  Article 45.0216(f), Code of Criminal Procedure,  | 
      
      
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        is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (f)  The court shall order the conviction, together with all  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        complaints, verdicts, sentences, and prosecutorial and law  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        enforcement records, and any other documents relating to the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offense, expunged from the person's record if the court finds that: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  for a person applying for the expunction of a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        conviction for an offense described by Section 8.07(a)(4) or (5),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Penal Code, the person was not convicted of any other offense  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        described by Section 8.07(a)(4) or (5), Penal Code, while the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person was a child; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  for a person applying for the expunction of a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        conviction for an offense described by Section 43.261, Penal Code,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the person was not found to have engaged in conduct indicating a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        need for supervision described by Section 51.03(b)(6)  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [51.03(b)(7)], Family Code, while the person was a child. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 8.  Article 56.32(a)(9), Code of Criminal Procedure,  | 
      
      
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        is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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                     (9)  "Pecuniary loss" means the amount of expense  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        reasonably and necessarily incurred as a result of personal injury  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or death for: | 
      
      
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			 | 
                           (A)  medical, hospital, nursing, or psychiatric  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        care or counseling, or physical therapy; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  actual loss of past earnings and anticipated  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        loss of future earnings and necessary travel expenses because of: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (i)  a disability resulting from the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        personal injury; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (ii)  the receipt of medically indicated  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        services related to the disability resulting from the personal  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        injury; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (iii)  participation in or attendance at  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        investigative, prosecutorial, or judicial processes related to the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        criminally injurious conduct and participation in or attendance at  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        any postconviction or postadjudication proceeding relating to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        criminally injurious conduct; | 
      
      
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			 | 
                           (C)  care of a child or dependent, including  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        specialized care for a child who is a victim; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (D)  funeral and burial expenses, including, for  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        an immediate family member or household member of the victim, the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        necessary expenses of traveling to and attending the funeral; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (E)  loss of support to a dependent, consistent  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        with Article 56.41(b)(5); | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (F)  reasonable and necessary costs of cleaning  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the crime scene; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (G)  reasonable replacement costs for clothing,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        bedding, or property of the victim seized as evidence or rendered  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        unusable as a result of the criminal investigation; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (H)  reasonable and necessary costs for  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        relocation and housing rental assistance payments as provided by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Article 56.42(d); | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (I)  for an immediate family member or household  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        member of a deceased victim, bereavement leave of not more than 10  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        work days; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (J)  reasonable and necessary costs of traveling  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        to and from a place of execution for the purpose of witnessing the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        execution, including one night's lodging near the place at which  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the execution is conducted. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 9.  Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (5)  "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        for or based on: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.11 (Indecency with a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited sexual conduct), Penal Code; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  a violation of Section 43.05 (Compelling  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        prostitution), 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (Possession or promotion of child pornography), Penal Code; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B-1)  a violation of Section 43.02  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Subsection (c-1)(3) [(c)(3)] of that section; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4)  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the victim sexually; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (D)  a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Paragraph (A) or (C); | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (E)  a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Penal Code, if, as applicable: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (i)  the judgment in the case contains an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (ii)  the order in the hearing or the papers  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        intended victim was younger than 17 years of age; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (F)  the second violation of Section 21.08  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        results in a deferred adjudication; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (G)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), [or] (K), or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (L); | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (H)  a violation of the laws of another state,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (G), (J), [or] (K), or (L), but not if the violation results in a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        deferred adjudication; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (I)  the second violation of the laws of another  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        results in a deferred adjudication; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (J)  a violation of Section 33.021 (Online  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        solicitation of a minor), Penal Code; [or] | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (K)  a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (L)  a violation of Section 20A.03 (Continuous  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the offense is based partly  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 10.  Article 62.101(a), Code of Criminal Procedure,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Subchapter I,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the duty to register for a person ends when the person dies if the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person has a reportable conviction or adjudication, other than an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        adjudication of delinquent conduct, for: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  a sexually violent offense; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or (8), 25.02, 43.05(a)(2), or 43.26, Penal Code; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3)  an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code, if  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        based partly or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (4)  an offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        if before or after the person is convicted or adjudicated for the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code, the person receives  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or has received another reportable conviction or adjudication,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        other than an adjudication of delinquent conduct, for an offense or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        conduct that requires registration under this chapter; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (5) [(4)]  an offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        20.04, Penal Code, if: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  the judgment in the case contains an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        affirmative finding under Article 42.015 or, for a deferred  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        adjudication, the papers in the case contain an affirmative finding  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        that the victim or intended victim was younger than 17 years of age;  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  before or after the person is convicted or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        adjudicated for the offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Penal Code, the person receives or has received another reportable  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        conviction or adjudication, other than an adjudication of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        delinquent conduct, for an offense or conduct that requires  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        registration under this chapter; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (6) [(5)]  an offense under Section 43.23, Penal Code,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        that is punishable under Subsection (h) of that section. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 11.  Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amended by adding Section 130.0105 to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 130.0105.  COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The Texas Higher  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Education Coordinating Board by rule shall require each public  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        junior college offering a commercial driver's license training  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        program to include as a part of that program education and training  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        collaboration with the office of the attorney general, shall  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        establish the content of the education and training required by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        this section.  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 12.  Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amended by adding Section 132.006 to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 132.006.  COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The commission by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        rule shall require each career school or college offering a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        commercial driver's license training program to include as a part  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of that program education and training on the recognition and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        prevention of human trafficking. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  The commission, in collaboration with the office of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        attorney general, shall establish the content of the education and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        training required by this section. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        SECTION 13.  Section 51.03(b), Family Code, as amended by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Chapters 935 (H.B. 2398), 944 (S.B. 206), and 1273 (S.B. 825), Acts  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  Conduct indicating a need for supervision is: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  subject to Subsection (f), conduct, other than a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        traffic offense, that violates: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  the penal laws of this state of the grade of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        misdemeanor that are punishable by fine only; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  the penal ordinances of any political  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        subdivision of this state; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  the voluntary absence of a child from the child's  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        home without the consent of the child's parent or guardian for a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        substantial length of time or without intent to return; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3)  conduct prohibited by city ordinance or by state  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        law involving the inhalation of the fumes or vapors of paint and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        other protective coatings or glue and other adhesives and the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        volatile chemicals itemized in Section 485.001, Health and Safety  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Code; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (4)  an act that violates a school district's  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        previously communicated written standards of student conduct for  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        which the child has been expelled under Section 37.007(c),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Education Code; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (5) [(6)]  notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        described by Section 43.02(a) or (b), Penal Code; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (6) [(7)]  notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        that violates Section 43.261, Penal Code. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 14.  Section 51.13(e), Family Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (e)  A finding that a child engaged in conduct indicating a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        need for supervision as described by Section 51.03(b)(6)  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [51.03(b)(7)] is a conviction only for the purposes of Sections  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        43.261(c) and (d), Penal Code. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 15.  Section 54.0404(a), Family Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (a)  If a child is found to have engaged in conduct  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        indicating a need for supervision described by Section 51.03(b)(6)  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [51.03(b)(7)], the juvenile court may enter an order requiring the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        child to attend and successfully complete an educational program  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        described by Section 37.218, Education Code, or another equivalent  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        educational program. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 16.  Section 58.003(c-3), Family Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (c-3)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c) and subject  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        to Subsection (b), a juvenile court, on the court's own motion and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        without a hearing, shall order the sealing of records concerning a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        child found to have engaged in conduct indicating a need for  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        supervision described by Section 51.03(b)(5) [51.03(b)(6)] or  | 
      
      
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        taken into custody to determine whether the child engaged in  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        conduct indicating a need for supervision described by Section  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        51.03(b)(5) [51.03(b)(6)].  This subsection applies only to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        records related to conduct indicating a need for supervision  | 
      
      
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        described by Section 51.03(b)(5) [51.03(b)(6)]. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 17.  Section 23.101(a), Government Code, is amended  | 
      
      
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        to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  The trial courts of this state shall regularly and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        frequently set hearings and trials of pending matters, giving  | 
      
      
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        preference to hearings and trials of the following: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  temporary injunctions; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  criminal actions, with the following actions given  | 
      
      
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        preference over other criminal actions: | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (A)  criminal actions against defendants who are  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        detained in jail pending trial; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (B)  criminal actions involving a charge that a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        person committed an act of family violence, as defined by Section  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        71.004, Family Code; | 
      
      
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                           (C)  an offense under: | 
      
      
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                                 (i)  Section 21.02 or 21.11, Penal Code; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                                 (ii)  Chapter 22, Penal Code, if the victim  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                                 (iii)  Section 25.02, Penal Code, if the  | 
      
      
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        victim of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age; | 
      
      
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                                 (iv)  Section 25.06, Penal Code; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                                 (v)  Section 43.25, Penal Code; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                                 (vi)  Section 20A.02(a)(7), 20A.02(a)(8),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        or 20A.03, Penal Code; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (D)  an offense described by Article 62.001(6)(C)  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        or (D), Code of Criminal Procedure; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (E)  criminal actions against persons who are  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        detained as provided by Section 51.12, Family Code, after transfer  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        for prosecution in criminal court under Section 54.02, Family Code; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  election contests and suits under the Election  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Code; | 
      
      
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                     (4)  orders for the protection of the family under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Subtitle B, Title 4, Family Code; | 
      
      
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                     (5)  appeals of final rulings and decisions of the  | 
      
      
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        division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Insurance regarding workers' compensation claims and claims under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        the Federal Employers' Liability Act and the Jones Act; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (6)  appeals of final orders of the commissioner of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        General Land Office under Section 51.3021, Natural Resources Code; | 
      
      
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                     (7)  actions in which the claimant has been diagnosed  | 
      
      
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        with malignant mesothelioma, other malignant asbestos-related  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        cancer, malignant silica-related cancer, or acute silicosis; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (8)  appeals brought under Section 42.01 or 42.015, Tax  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Code, of orders of appraisal review boards of appraisal districts  | 
      
      
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        established for counties with a population of less than 175,000. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 18.  Section 126.002(a), Government Code, as  | 
      
      
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        transferred and redesignated from Section 169A.002, Health and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Safety Code, by Chapters 604 (S.B. 536) and 1236 (S.B. 1296), Acts  | 
      
      
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        of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and as amended by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Chapters 604 (S.B. 536) and 1273 (S.B. 825), Acts of the 84th  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted 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 commercially sexually exploited  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        persons court program for defendants charged with an offense under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Section 43.02(a), Penal Code. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        SECTION 19.  Section 402.035(c), Government Code, as amended  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        by Chapters 146 (H.B. 188), 332 (H.B. 10), and 734 (H.B. 1549), Acts  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
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               (c)  The task force is composed of the following: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  the governor or the governor's designee; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (2)  the attorney general or the attorney general's  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        designee; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  the executive commissioner of the Health and Human  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Services Commission or the executive commissioner's designee; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (4)  the commissioner of the Department of Family and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Protective Services or the commissioner's designee; | 
      
      
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                     (5)  the commissioner of the Department of State Health  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Services or the commissioner's designee; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (6)  the public safety director of the Department of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Public Safety or the director's designee; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (7)  one representative from each of the following  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        state agencies, appointed by the chief administrative officer of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the respective agency: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  the Texas Workforce Commission; | 
      
      
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                           (B)  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (C)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; | 
      
      
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                           (D)  the Texas Education Agency; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (E) [(D)]  the Texas Alcoholic Beverage  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Commission; | 
      
      
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                           (F)  the [Texas] Parks and Wildlife Department;  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        [and] | 
      
      
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                           (G)  the Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Commission for Children, Youth and Families; | 
      
      
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                           (H)  the Texas Department of Licensing and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Regulation; | 
      
      
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                           (I)  the Office of Court Administration of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Texas Judicial System; | 
      
      
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                           (J)  the office of the secretary of state; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (K)  the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (8)  as appointed by the attorney general: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  a chief public defender employed by a public  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        defender's office, as defined by Article 26.044(a), Code of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Criminal Procedure, or an attorney designated by the chief public  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        defender; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (B)  an attorney representing the state; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  a representative of: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (i)  a hotel and motel association; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (ii)  a district and county attorneys  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        association; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                                 (iii)  a state police association; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                                 (iv)  a statewide medical association; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (D)  representatives of sheriff's departments; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (E)  representatives of local law enforcement  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        agencies affected by human trafficking; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (F)  representatives of nongovernmental entities  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        making comprehensive efforts to combat human trafficking by: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (i)  identifying human trafficking victims; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (ii)  providing legal or other services to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        human trafficking victims; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (iii)  participating in community outreach  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or public awareness efforts regarding human trafficking; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (iv)  providing or developing training  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        regarding the prevention of human trafficking; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (v)  engaging in other activities designed  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        to prevent human trafficking. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 20.  Section 402.035(d), Government Code, as amended  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        by Chapters 146 (H.B. 188) and 332 (H.B. 10), Acts of the 84th  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted and amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (d)  The task force shall: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  collaborate, as needed to fulfill the duties of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the task force, with: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  United States attorneys' offices [Attorneys' 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          Offices] for all of the federal districts of Texas; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  special agents or customs and border  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        protection officers and border patrol agents of: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (i)  the Federal Bureau of Investigation; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (ii)  the United States Drug Enforcement  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Administration; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                                 (iii)  the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Firearms and Explosives; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (iv)  United States Immigration and Customs  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Enforcement; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (v)  the United States Department of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Homeland Security; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  collect, organize, and periodically publish  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        statistical data on the nature and extent of human trafficking in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        this state, including data described by Subdivisions (4)(A), (B),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (C), (D), and (E); | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3)  solicit cooperation and assistance from state and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        local governmental agencies, political subdivisions of the state,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        nongovernmental organizations, and other persons, as appropriate,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        for the purpose of collecting and organizing statistical data under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Subdivision (2); | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (4)  ensure that each state or local governmental  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        agency and political subdivision of the state and each state or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        local law enforcement agency, district attorney, or county attorney  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        that assists in the prevention of human trafficking collects  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        statistical data related to human trafficking, including, as  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        appropriate: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  the number of investigations concerning,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        arrests and prosecutions for, and convictions of: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (i)  the offense of trafficking of persons; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (ii)  the offense of forgery or an offense  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        under Chapter 43, Penal Code, if the offense was committed as part  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of a criminal episode involving the trafficking of persons; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (iii)  an offense punishable under Section  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        43.02(c-1)(3) [43.02(c)(3)], Penal Code, regardless of whether the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offense was committed as part of a criminal episode involving the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        trafficking of persons; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  demographic information on persons who are  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        convicted of offenses described by Paragraph (A) and persons who  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        are the victims of those offenses; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  geographic routes by which human trafficking  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        victims are trafficked, including routes by which victims are  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        trafficked across this state's international border, and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        geographic patterns in human trafficking, including the country or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        state of origin and the country or state of destination; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (D)  means of transportation and methods used by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        persons who engage in trafficking to transport their victims; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (E)  social and economic factors that create a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        demand for the labor or services that victims of human trafficking  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        are forced to provide; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (5)  work with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        to develop and conduct training for law enforcement personnel,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        victim service providers, and medical service providers to identify  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        victims of human trafficking; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (6)  work with the Texas Education Agency, the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Department of Family and Protective Services, and the Health and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Human Services Commission to: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  develop a list of key indicators that a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person is a victim of human trafficking; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  develop a standardized curriculum for  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        training doctors, nurses, emergency medical services personnel,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        teachers, school counselors, school administrators, and personnel  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        from the Department of Family and Protective Services and the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Health and Human Services Commission to identify and assist victims  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of human trafficking; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  train doctors, nurses, emergency medical  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        services personnel, teachers, school counselors, school  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        administrators, and personnel from the Department of Family and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Protective Services and the Health and Human Services Commission to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        identify and assist victims of human trafficking; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (D)  develop and conduct training for personnel  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        from the Department of Family and Protective Services and the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Health and Human Services Commission on methods for identifying  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        children in foster care who may be at risk of becoming victims of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        human trafficking; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (E)  develop a process for referring identified  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        human trafficking victims and individuals at risk of becoming  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        victims to appropriate entities for services; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (7)  on the request of a judge of a county court, county  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        court at law, or district court or a county attorney, district  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        attorney, or criminal district attorney, assist and train the judge  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or the judge's staff or the attorney or the attorney's staff in the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        recognition and prevention of human trafficking; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (8)  examine training protocols related to human  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        trafficking issues, as developed and implemented by federal, state,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        and local law enforcement agencies; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (9)  collaborate with state and local governmental  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and nongovernmental  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        organizations to implement a media awareness campaign in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        communities affected by human trafficking; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (10)  develop recommendations on how to strengthen  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        state and local efforts to prevent human trafficking, protect and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        assist human trafficking victims, curb markets and other economic  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        avenues that facilitate human trafficking and investigate and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        prosecute human trafficking offenders; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (11)  examine the extent to which human trafficking is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        associated with the operation of sexually oriented businesses, as  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, and the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        workplace or public health concerns that are created by the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        association of human trafficking and the operation of sexually  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        oriented businesses; [and] | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (12)  develop recommendations for addressing the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        demand for forced labor or services or sexual conduct involving  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        victims of human trafficking, including recommendations for  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        increased penalties for individuals who engage or attempt to engage  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        in prostitution with victims younger than 18 years of age; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (13) [(12)]  identify and report to the governor and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        legislature on laws, licensure requirements, or other regulations  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        that can be passed at the state and local level to curb trafficking  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        using the Internet and in sexually oriented businesses. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 21.  Section 81.046(d), Health and Safety Code, is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (d)  In a case of sexually transmitted disease involving a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        minor under 14 [13] years of age, information may not be released,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        except that the child's name, age, and address and the name of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        disease may be released to appropriate agents as required by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Chapter 261, Family Code.  This subsection does not affect a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person's duty to report child abuse or neglect under Subchapter B,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Chapter 261, Family Code, except that information made confidential  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        by this chapter may not be released.  If that information is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        required in a court proceeding involving child abuse, the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        information shall be disclosed in camera. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 22.  Section 20A.02(b), Penal Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.  An  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offense under this section is a felony of the first degree if: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  the applicable conduct constitutes an offense  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        under Subsection (a)(5), (6), (7), or (8), regardless of whether  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the actor knows the age of the child at the time of [the actor 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          commits] the offense; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  the commission of the offense results in the death  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        of the person who is trafficked. | 
      
      
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			 | 
               SECTION 23.  Section 21.02(b), Penal Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
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			 | 
               (b)  A person commits an offense if: | 
      
      
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			 | 
                     (1)  during a period that is 30 or more days in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        duration, the person commits two or more acts of sexual abuse,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        regardless of whether the acts of sexual abuse are committed  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        against one or more victims; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  at the time of the commission of each of the acts  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of sexual abuse, the actor is 17 years of age or older and the victim  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        is a child younger than 14 years of age, regardless of whether the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        actor knows the age of the victim at the time of the offense. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 24.  Section 21.11(a), Penal Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
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			 | 
               (a)  A person commits an offense if, with a child younger  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        than 17 years of age, whether the child is of the same or opposite  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        sex and regardless of whether the person knows the age of the child  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        at the time of the offense, the person: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  engages in sexual contact with the child or causes  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the child to engage in sexual contact; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of any person: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  exposes the person's anus or any part of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person's genitals, knowing the child is present; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  causes the child to expose the child's anus  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or any part of the child's genitals. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 25.  Section 22.011(a), Penal Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
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			 | 
               (a)  A person commits an offense if [the person]: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  the person intentionally or knowingly: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  causes the penetration of the anus or sexual  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        organ of another person by any means, without that person's  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        consent; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  causes the penetration of the mouth of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        another person by the sexual organ of the actor, without that  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person's consent; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  causes the sexual organ of another person,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        without that person's consent, to contact or penetrate the mouth,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  regardless of whether the person knows the age of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the child at the time of the offense, the person intentionally or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        knowingly: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  causes the penetration of the anus or sexual  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        organ of a child by any means; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  causes the penetration of the mouth of a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        child by the sexual organ of the actor; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  causes the sexual organ of a child to contact  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        including the actor; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (D)  causes the anus of a child to contact the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        actor; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (E)  causes the mouth of a child to contact the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 26.  Section 22.021(a), Penal Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (a)  A person commits an offense: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  if the person: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  intentionally or knowingly: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (i)  causes the penetration of the anus or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        sexual organ of another person by any means, without that person's  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        consent; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (ii)  causes the penetration of the mouth of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        another person by the sexual organ of the actor, without that  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person's consent; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (iii)  causes the sexual organ of another  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person, without that person's consent, to contact or penetrate the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        actor; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  regardless of whether the person knows the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        age of the child at the time of the offense, intentionally or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        knowingly: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (i)  causes the penetration of the anus or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        sexual organ of a child by any means; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (ii)  causes the penetration of the mouth of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        a child by the sexual organ of the actor; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (iii)  causes the sexual organ of a child to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person, including the actor; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (iv)  causes the anus of a child to contact  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        actor; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (v)  causes the mouth of a child to contact  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  if: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  the person: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (i)  causes serious bodily injury or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        attempts to cause the death of the victim or another person in the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        course of the same criminal episode; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (ii)  by acts or words places the victim in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        fear that any person will become the victim of an offense under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or that death, serious  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        bodily injury, or kidnapping will be imminently inflicted on any  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (iii)  by acts or words occurring in the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        presence of the victim threatens to cause any person to become the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        victim of an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        to cause the death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping of any  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (iv)  uses or exhibits a deadly weapon in the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        course of the same criminal episode; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (v)  acts in concert with another who  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        engages in conduct described by Subdivision (1) directed toward the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        same victim and occurring during the course of the same criminal  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        episode; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                                 (vi)  administers or provides  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        flunitrazepam, otherwise known as rohypnol, gamma hydroxybutyrate,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or ketamine to the victim of the offense with the intent of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        facilitating the commission of the offense; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  the victim is younger than 14 years of age,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        regardless of whether the person knows the age of the victim at the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        time of the offense; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  the victim is an elderly individual or a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        disabled individual. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 27.  Section 43.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1-a)  "Fee" means the payment or offer of payment in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the form of money, goods, services, or other benefit. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 28.  Sections 43.02(a) and (b), Penal Code, are  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (a)  A person commits an offense if[, in return for receipt 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          of a fee,] the person knowingly offers or agrees to receive a fee  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        from another to engage in sexual conduct[:
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     [(1)
           
           
          offers to engage, agrees to engage, or engages in 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          sexual conduct; or
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     [(2)
           
           
          solicits another in a public place to engage with 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          the actor 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 offers or agrees to pay a fee to another person for  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct with that person or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        another[:
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     [(1)
           
           
          offers to engage, agrees to engage, or engages in 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          sexual conduct; or
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     [(2)
           
           
          solicits another in a public place to engage with 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          the actor in sexual conduct for hire]. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 29.  Section 43.02, Penal Code, as amended by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Chapters 332 (H.B. 10) and 1273 (S.B. 825), Acts of the 84th  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended by reenacting  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Subsection (c) and reenacting and amending Subsection (c-1) to read  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (c)  An offense under Subsection (a) is a Class B  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        misdemeanor, except that the offense is: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has previously  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        been convicted one or two times of an offense under Subsection (a);  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  a state jail felony if the actor has previously  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        been convicted three or more times of an offense under Subsection  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (a). | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (c-1)  An offense under Subsection (b) is a Class B  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        misdemeanor, except that the offense is: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  a Class A misdemeanor if the actor has previously  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        been convicted one or two times of an offense under Subsection (b); | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  a state jail felony if the actor has previously  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        been convicted three or more times of an offense under Subsection  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        (b); or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3)  a felony of the second degree if the person with  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        whom the actor agrees to engage in sexual conduct [solicited] is: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  younger than 18 years of age, regardless of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        whether the actor knows the age of the person [solicited] at the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        time of [the actor commits] the offense; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  represented to the actor as being younger  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        than 18 years of age; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  believed by the actor to be younger than 18  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        years of age. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 30.  Section 43.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [Class A misdemeanor], except that the offense is: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  a felony of the third degree [state jail felony] if  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the actor has been previously convicted of an offense under this  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        section; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  a felony of the second degree if the actor engages  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        in conduct described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) involving a person  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        younger than 18 years of age engaging in prostitution, regardless  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of whether the actor knows the age of the person at the time of [the 
         | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        
          actor commits] the offense. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 31.  Section 43.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        [third] degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        degree if the prostitution enterprise uses as a prostitute one or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        more persons younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        actor knows the age of the person at the time of [the actor commits]  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the offense. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 32.  Section 43.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  causes another by force, threat, or fraud to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        commit prostitution; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  causes by any means a child younger than 18 years  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        to commit prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knows the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        age of the child at the time of [the actor commits] the offense. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 33.  Section 43.25, Penal Code, is amended by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amending Subsections (c) and (e) and adding Subsection (h) to read  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (c)  An offense under Subsection (b) is a felony of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        second degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        degree if the victim is younger than 14 years of age at the time the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offense is committed, regardless of whether the actor knows the age  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of the victim at the time of the offense. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (e)  An offense under Subsection (d) is a felony of the third  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the victim is younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        committed, regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        victim at the time of the offense. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (h)  Conduct under this section constitutes an offense  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the victim at the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        time of the offense. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 34.  Section 43.251, Penal Code, is amended by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first degree if  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the child is younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        committed, regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        child at the time of the offense. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (d)  Conduct under this section constitutes an offense  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the child at the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        time of the offense. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 35.  The following laws are repealed: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  Section 402.035(h), Government Code; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  Section 43.02(b-1), Penal Code. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 36.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        this section, the changes in law made by this Act apply 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 governed  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        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 subsection, an offense was committed before the effective date  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  The changes in law made by this Act in amending Chapter  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        62, Code of Criminal Procedure, apply only to a person who is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        required to register under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        on the basis of a conviction or adjudication for or based on an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        person who is required to register under Chapter 62, Code of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Criminal Procedure, solely on the basis of a conviction or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        adjudication for or based on an offense committed before the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        effective date of this Act is governed 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 subsection, an  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        element of the offense occurred before that date. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 37.  (a)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        implement Section 130.0105, Education Code, as added by this Act. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (b)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas Workforce  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        132.006, Education Code, as added by this Act. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 38.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails  | 
      
      
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        over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017,  | 
      
      
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        relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted  | 
      
      
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        codes. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 39.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |