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          A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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          AN ACT
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        relating to certain sexual offenses and certain other offenses  | 
      
      
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        involving conduct of a sexual nature, including the creation of the  | 
      
      
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        criminal offenses of sexual coercion, indecent assault, and  | 
      
      
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        possession or promotion of lewd visual material depicting a child,  | 
      
      
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        and to certain criminal acts committed in relation to those  | 
      
      
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        offenses. | 
      
      
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               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
      
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               SECTION 1.  Chapter 21, Penal Code, is amended by adding  | 
      
      
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        Section 21.18 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 21.18.  SEXUAL COERCION.  (a)  In this section: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  "Intimate visual material" means the visual  | 
      
      
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        material described by Section 21.16(b)(1) or (c), as added by  | 
      
      
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        Chapter 852 (S.B. 1135), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular  | 
      
      
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        Session, 2015. | 
      
      
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                     (2)  "Sexual conduct" has the meaning assigned by  | 
      
      
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        Section 43.25. | 
      
      
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               (b)  A person commits an offense if: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  with the intent to coerce another person either to  | 
      
      
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        engage in sexual conduct or to produce, provide, or distribute  | 
      
      
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        intimate visual material, the actor communicates a threat: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  against the other person's person, property,  | 
      
      
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        or reputation; or  | 
      
      
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                           (B)  to distribute or cause distribution of  | 
      
      
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        intimate visual material of the other person; or | 
      
      
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                     (2)  the actor knowingly causes another person to  | 
      
      
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        engage in sexual conduct or to produce, provide, or distribute  | 
      
      
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        intimate visual material, by means of a threat: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  against the other person's person, property,  | 
      
      
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        or reputation; or | 
      
      
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                           (B)  to distribute or cause distribution of  | 
      
      
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        intimate visual material of the other person. | 
      
      
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               (c)  This section applies to a threat regardless of how that  | 
      
      
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        threat is communicated, including a threat transmitted through  | 
      
      
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        e-mail or an Internet website, social media account, or chat room  | 
      
      
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        and a threat made by other electronic or technological means. | 
      
      
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               (d)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony,  | 
      
      
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        except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if it is  | 
      
      
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        shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has previously  | 
      
      
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        been convicted of an offense under this section. | 
      
      
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               (e)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under this  | 
      
      
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        section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor  | 
      
      
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        may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 2.  Section 22.011, Penal Code, is amended by  | 
      
      
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        amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (e-1) to read as  | 
      
      
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        follows: | 
      
      
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               (b)  A sexual assault under Subsection (a)(1) is without the  | 
      
      
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        consent of the other person if: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  the actor compels the other person to submit or  | 
      
      
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        participate by the use of physical force, [or] violence, or  | 
      
      
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        coercion; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  the actor compels the other person to submit or  | 
      
      
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        participate by threatening to use force or violence against the  | 
      
      
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        other person or to cause harm to the other person, and the other  | 
      
      
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        person believes that the actor has the present ability to execute  | 
      
      
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        the threat; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  the other person has not consented and the actor  | 
      
      
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        knows the other person is: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  unconscious; | 
      
      
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                           (B)  [or] physically unable to resist; | 
      
      
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                           (C)  incapable of appraising the nature of the  | 
      
      
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        act; or | 
      
      
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                           (D)  unaware that the sexual assault is occurring; | 
      
      
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                     (4)  the actor knows that as a result of mental disease  | 
      
      
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        or defect the other person is at the time of the sexual assault  | 
      
      
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        incapable either of appraising the nature of the act or of resisting  | 
      
      
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        it; | 
      
      
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                     (5)  [the other person has not consented and the actor 
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          knows the other person is unaware that the sexual assault is 
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          occurring;
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                     [(6)
           
           
          the actor has intentionally impaired the other 
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          person's power to appraise or control the other person's conduct by 
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          administering any substance without the other person's knowledge;
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                     [(7)]  the actor compels the other person to submit or  | 
      
      
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        participate by threatening to use force or violence against any  | 
      
      
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        person, and the other person believes that the actor has the ability  | 
      
      
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        to execute the threat; | 
      
      
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                     (6) [(8)
           
           
          the actor is a public servant who coerces the 
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          other person to submit or participate;
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                     [(9)]  the actor is a mental health services provider  | 
      
      
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        or a health care services provider who causes the other person, who  | 
      
      
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        is a patient or former patient of the actor, to submit or  | 
      
      
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        participate by exploiting the other person's emotional dependency  | 
      
      
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        on the actor; | 
      
      
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                     (7) [(10)]  the actor is a clergyman who causes the  | 
      
      
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        other person to submit or participate by exploiting the other  | 
      
      
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        person's emotional dependency on the clergyman in the clergyman's  | 
      
      
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        professional character as spiritual adviser; [or] | 
      
      
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                     (8) [(11)]  the actor is an employee of a facility  | 
      
      
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        where the other person is a resident, unless the employee and  | 
      
      
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        resident are formally or informally married to each other under  | 
      
      
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        Chapter 2, Family Code; or | 
      
      
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                     (9)  the actor knows that the other person has  | 
      
      
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        withdrawn consent to the act and the actor persists in the act after  | 
      
      
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        consent is withdrawn. | 
      
      
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               (e-1)  It is not a defense to prosecution under this section  | 
      
      
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        that the actor mistakenly believed that the other person consented  | 
      
      
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        to the conduct if a reasonable person should have known or  | 
      
      
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        understood that the other person did not consent to the conduct. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 3.  Chapter 22, Penal Code, is amended by adding  | 
      
      
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        Section 22.012 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 22.012.  INDECENT ASSAULT.  (a) A person commits an  | 
      
      
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        offense if, without the other person's consent and with the intent  | 
      
      
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        to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person, the person: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  touches, including through clothing, the anus,  | 
      
      
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        breast, or any part of the genitals of another person; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  touches another person, including through  | 
      
      
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        clothing, with the anus, breast, or any part of the genitals of any  | 
      
      
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        person; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  exposes or attempts to expose another person's  | 
      
      
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        genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks, or female areola; or | 
      
      
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                     (4)  causes another person to contact the blood,  | 
      
      
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        seminal fluid, vaginal fluid, saliva, urine, or feces of any  | 
      
      
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        person, including contact occurring through clothing. | 
      
      
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               (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | 
      
      
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               (c)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under this  | 
      
      
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        section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor  | 
      
      
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        may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 4.  Section 22.021, Penal Code, is amended by  | 
      
      
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        amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (d-1) to read as  | 
      
      
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        follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  A person commits an offense: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  if the person: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  intentionally or knowingly: | 
      
      
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                                 (i)  causes the penetration of the anus or  | 
      
      
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        sexual organ of another person by any means, without that person's  | 
      
      
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        consent; | 
      
      
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                                 (ii)  causes the penetration of the mouth of  | 
      
      
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        another person by the sexual organ of the actor, without that  | 
      
      
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        person's consent; or | 
      
      
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                                 (iii)  causes the sexual organ of another  | 
      
      
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        person, without that person's consent, to contact or penetrate the  | 
      
      
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        mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the  | 
      
      
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        actor; or | 
      
      
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                           (B)  intentionally or knowingly: | 
      
      
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                                 (i)  causes the penetration of the anus or  | 
      
      
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        sexual organ of a child by any means; | 
      
      
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                                 (ii)  causes the penetration of the mouth of  | 
      
      
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        a child by the sexual organ of the actor; | 
      
      
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                                 (iii)  causes the sexual organ of a child to  | 
      
      
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        contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another  | 
      
      
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        person, including the actor; | 
      
      
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                                 (iv)  causes the anus of a child to contact  | 
      
      
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        the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the  | 
      
      
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        actor; or | 
      
      
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                                 (v)  causes the mouth of a child to contact  | 
      
      
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        the anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; and | 
      
      
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                     (2)  if: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  the person: | 
      
      
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                                 (i)  causes serious bodily injury or  | 
      
      
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        attempts to cause the death of the victim or another person in the  | 
      
      
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        course of the same criminal episode; | 
      
      
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                                 (ii)  by acts or words places the victim in  | 
      
      
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        fear that any person will become the victim of an offense under  | 
      
      
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        Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or that death, serious  | 
      
      
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        bodily injury, or kidnapping will be imminently inflicted on any  | 
      
      
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        person; | 
      
      
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                                 (iii)  by acts or words occurring in the  | 
      
      
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        presence of the victim threatens to cause any person to become the  | 
      
      
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        victim of an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or  | 
      
      
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        to cause the death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping of any  | 
      
      
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        person; | 
      
      
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                                 (iv)  uses or exhibits a deadly weapon in the  | 
      
      
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        course of the same criminal episode; | 
      
      
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                                 (v)  acts in concert with another who  | 
      
      
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        engages in conduct described by Subdivision (1) directed toward the  | 
      
      
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        same victim and occurring during the course of the same criminal  | 
      
      
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        episode; or | 
      
      
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                                 (vi)  with the intent of facilitating the  | 
      
      
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        commission of the offense, administers or provides [flunitrazepam, 
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          otherwise known as rohypnol, gamma hydroxybutyrate, or ketamine] to  | 
      
      
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        the victim of the offense any substance capable of impairing the  | 
      
      
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        victim's ability to appraise the nature of the act or to resist the  | 
      
      
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        act [with the intent of facilitating the commission of the 
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          offense]; | 
      
      
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                           (B)  the victim is younger than 14 years of age; or | 
      
      
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                           (C)  the victim is an elderly individual or a  | 
      
      
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        disabled individual. | 
      
      
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               (d-1)  It is not a defense to prosecution under this section  | 
      
      
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        that the actor mistakenly believed that the other person consented  | 
      
      
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        to the conduct if a reasonable person should have known or  | 
      
      
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        understood that the other person did not consent to the conduct. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 5.  Subchapter B, Chapter 43, Penal Code, is amended  | 
      
      
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        by adding Section 43.262 to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 43.262.  POSSESSION OR PROMOTION OF LEWD VISUAL  | 
      
      
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        MATERIAL DEPICTING CHILD.  (a) In this section: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  "Promote" and "sexual conduct" have the meanings  | 
      
      
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        assigned by Section 43.25. | 
      
      
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                     (2)  "Visual material" has the meaning assigned by  | 
      
      
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        Section 43.26. | 
      
      
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               (b)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly  | 
      
      
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        possesses, accesses with intent to view, or promotes visual  | 
      
      
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        material that: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  depicts the lewd exhibition of the genitals or  | 
      
      
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        pubic area of an unclothed, partially clothed, or clothed child who  | 
      
      
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        is younger than 18 years of age at the time the visual material was  | 
      
      
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        created; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  appeals to the prurient interest in sex; and | 
      
      
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                     (3)  has no serious literary, artistic, political, or  | 
      
      
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        scientific value. | 
      
      
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               (c)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony,  | 
      
      
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        except that the offense is: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  a felony of the third degree if it is shown on the  | 
      
      
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        trial of the offense that the person has been previously convicted  | 
      
      
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        one time of an offense under this section or Section 43.26; and | 
      
      
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                     (2)  a felony of the second degree if it is shown on the  | 
      
      
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        trial of the offense that the person has been previously convicted  | 
      
      
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        two or more times of an offense under this section or Section 43.26. | 
      
      
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               (d)  It is not a defense to prosecution under this section  | 
      
      
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        that the depicted child consented to the creation of the visual  | 
      
      
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        material.  | 
      
      
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               SECTION 6.  The heading to Chapter 7A, Code of Criminal  | 
      
      
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        Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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        CHAPTER 7A. PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR VICTIMS OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR  | 
      
      
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        ABUSE, INDECENT ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING | 
      
      
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               SECTION 7.  Article 7A.01(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  The following persons may file an application for a  | 
      
      
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        protective order under this chapter without regard to the  | 
      
      
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        relationship between the applicant and the alleged offender: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  a person who is the victim of an offense under  | 
      
      
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        Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 42.072, Penal  | 
      
      
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        Code; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  a person who is the victim of an offense under  | 
      
      
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        Section 20A.02, 20A.03, or 43.05, Penal Code; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a person  | 
      
      
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        younger than 17 years of age who is the victim of an offense listed  | 
      
      
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        in Subdivision (1); | 
      
      
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                     (4)  a parent or guardian acting on behalf of a person  | 
      
      
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        younger than 18 years of age who is the victim of an offense listed  | 
      
      
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        in Subdivision (2); or | 
      
      
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                     (5)  a prosecuting attorney acting on behalf of a  | 
      
      
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        person described by Subdivision (1), (2), (3), or (4). | 
      
      
        | 
           
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               SECTION 8.  Article 7A.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Art. 7A.02.  TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDER.  If the court finds  | 
      
      
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        from the information contained in an application for a protective  | 
      
      
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        order that there is a clear and present danger of sexual assault or  | 
      
      
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        abuse, indecent assault, stalking, trafficking, or other harm to  | 
      
      
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        the applicant, the court, without further notice to the alleged  | 
      
      
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        offender and without a hearing, may enter a temporary ex parte order  | 
      
      
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        for the protection of the applicant or any other member of the  | 
      
      
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        applicant's family or household. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 9.  Article 7A.03(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  At the close of a hearing on an application for a  | 
      
      
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        protective order under this chapter, the court shall find whether  | 
      
      
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        there are reasonable grounds to believe that the applicant is the  | 
      
      
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        victim of sexual assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or  | 
      
      
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        trafficking. | 
      
      
        | 
           
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               SECTION 10.  Article 7A.035, Code of Criminal Procedure, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Art. 7A.035.  HEARSAY STATEMENT OF CHILD VICTIM.  In a  | 
      
      
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        hearing on an application for a protective order under this  | 
      
      
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        chapter, a statement that is made by a child younger than 14 years  | 
      
      
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        of age who is the victim of an offense under Section 21.02, 21.11,  | 
      
      
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        22.011, 22.012, or 22.021, Penal Code, and that describes the  | 
      
      
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        offense committed against the child is admissible as evidence in  | 
      
      
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        the same manner that a child's statement regarding alleged abuse  | 
      
      
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        against the child is admissible under Section 104.006, Family Code,  | 
      
      
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        in a suit affecting the parent-child relationship. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 11.  Articles 17.292(a) and (g), Code of Criminal  | 
      
      
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        Procedure, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (a)  At a defendant's appearance before a magistrate after  | 
      
      
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        arrest for an offense involving family violence or an offense under  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or 42.072, Penal  | 
      
      
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        Code, the magistrate may issue an order for emergency protection on  | 
      
      
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        the magistrate's own motion or on the request of: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  the victim of the offense; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  the guardian of the victim; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  a peace officer; or | 
      
      
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                     (4)  the attorney representing the state. | 
      
      
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               (g)  An order for emergency protection issued under this  | 
      
      
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        article must contain the following statements printed in bold-face  | 
      
      
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        type or in capital letters: | 
      
      
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               "A VIOLATION OF THIS ORDER BY COMMISSION OF AN ACT PROHIBITED  | 
      
      
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        BY THE ORDER MAY BE PUNISHABLE BY A FINE OF AS MUCH AS $4,000 OR BY  | 
      
      
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        CONFINEMENT IN JAIL FOR AS LONG AS ONE YEAR OR BY BOTH.  AN ACT THAT  | 
      
      
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        RESULTS IN [FAMILY VIOLENCE OR] A SEPARATE [STALKING OR 
         | 
      
      
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          TRAFFICKING] OFFENSE MAY BE PROSECUTED AS A SEPARATE MISDEMEANOR OR  | 
      
      
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        FELONY OFFENSE, AS APPLICABLE, IN ADDITION TO A VIOLATION OF THIS  | 
      
      
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        ORDER.  IF THE ACT IS PROSECUTED AS A SEPARATE FELONY OFFENSE, IT IS  | 
      
      
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        PUNISHABLE BY CONFINEMENT IN PRISON FOR AT LEAST TWO YEARS.  THE  | 
      
      
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        POSSESSION OF A FIREARM BY A PERSON, OTHER THAN A PEACE OFFICER, AS  | 
      
      
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        DEFINED BY SECTION 1.07, PENAL CODE, ACTIVELY ENGAGED IN EMPLOYMENT  | 
      
      
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        AS A SWORN, FULL-TIME PAID EMPLOYEE OF A STATE AGENCY OR POLITICAL  | 
      
      
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        SUBDIVISION, WHO IS SUBJECT TO THIS ORDER MAY BE PROSECUTED AS A  | 
      
      
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        SEPARATE OFFENSE PUNISHABLE BY CONFINEMENT OR IMPRISONMENT. | 
      
      
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               "NO PERSON, INCLUDING A PERSON WHO IS PROTECTED BY THIS  | 
      
      
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        ORDER, MAY GIVE PERMISSION TO ANYONE TO IGNORE OR VIOLATE ANY  | 
      
      
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        PROVISION OF THIS ORDER.  DURING THE TIME IN WHICH THIS ORDER IS  | 
      
      
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        VALID, EVERY PROVISION OF THIS ORDER IS IN FULL FORCE AND EFFECT  | 
      
      
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        UNLESS A COURT CHANGES THE ORDER." | 
      
      
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               SECTION 12.  The heading to Article 56.021, Code of Criminal  | 
      
      
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        Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Art. 56.021.  RIGHTS OF VICTIM OF SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE,  | 
      
      
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        INDECENT ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING. | 
      
      
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			 | 
               SECTION 13.  (a)  Article 56.021(d), Code of Criminal  | 
      
      
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			 | 
        Procedure, as added by Chapter 1032 (H.B. 1447), Acts of the 84th  | 
      
      
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        Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (d)  This subsection applies only to a victim of an offense  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        42.072, or 43.05, Penal Code.  In addition to the rights enumerated  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        in Article 56.02 and, if applicable, Subsection (a) of this  | 
      
      
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        article, a victim described by this subsection or a parent or  | 
      
      
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        guardian of the victim is entitled to the following rights within  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        the criminal justice system: | 
      
      
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                     (1)  the right to request that the attorney  | 
      
      
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        representing the state, subject to the Texas Disciplinary Rules of  | 
      
      
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        Professional Conduct, file an application for a protective order  | 
      
      
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        under Article 7A.01 on behalf of the victim; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  the right to be informed: | 
      
      
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                           (A)  that the victim or the victim's parent or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        guardian, as applicable, may file an application for a protective  | 
      
      
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        order under Article 7A.01; | 
      
      
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                           (B)  of the court in which the application for a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        protective order may be filed; and | 
      
      
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                           (C)  that, on request of the victim or the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        victim's parent or guardian, as applicable, and subject to the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, the attorney  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        representing the state may file the application for a protective  | 
      
      
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        order; | 
      
      
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                     (3)  if the victim or the victim's parent or guardian,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        as applicable, is present when the defendant is convicted or placed  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        on deferred adjudication community supervision, the right to be  | 
      
      
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        given by the court the information described by Subdivision (2)  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        and, if the court has jurisdiction over applications for protective  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        orders that are filed under Article 7A.01, the right to file an  | 
      
      
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        application for a protective order immediately following the  | 
      
      
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        defendant's conviction or placement on deferred adjudication  | 
      
      
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        community supervision; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (4)  if the victim or the victim's parent or guardian,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        as applicable, is not present when the defendant is convicted or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        placed on deferred adjudication community supervision, the right to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        be given by the attorney representing the state the information  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        described by Subdivision (2). | 
      
      
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               (b)  Article 56.021(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, as added  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        by Chapter 1153 (S.B. 630), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Session, 2015, is repealed as duplicative of Article 56.021(d),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 1032 (H.B. 1447),  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015. | 
      
      
        | 
           
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               SECTION 14.  Sections 411.042(b) and (g), Government Code,  | 
      
      
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        are amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               (b)  The bureau of identification and records shall: | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (1)  procure and file for record photographs, pictures,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        descriptions, fingerprints, measurements, and other pertinent  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        information of all persons arrested for or charged with a criminal  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offense or convicted of a criminal offense, regardless of whether  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        the conviction is probated; | 
      
      
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                     (2)  collect information concerning the number and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        nature of offenses reported or known to have been committed in the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        state and the legal steps taken in connection with the offenses, and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        other information useful in the study of crime and the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        administration of justice, including information that enables the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        bureau to create a statistical breakdown of: | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (A)  offenses in which family violence was  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        involved; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (B)  offenses under Sections 22.011 and 22.021,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Penal Code; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  offenses under Sections 20A.02 and 43.05,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Penal Code; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (3)  make ballistic tests of bullets and firearms and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        chemical analyses of bloodstains, cloth, materials, and other  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        substances for law enforcement officers of the state; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (4)  cooperate with identification and crime records  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        bureaus in other states and the United States Department of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Justice; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                     (5)  maintain a list of all previous background checks  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        for applicants for any position regulated under Chapter 1702,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        Occupations Code, who have undergone a criminal history background  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        check under Section 411.119, if the check indicates a Class B  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        misdemeanor or equivalent offense or a greater offense; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (6)  collect information concerning the number and  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        nature of protective orders and magistrate's orders of emergency  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        protection and all other pertinent information about all persons  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        subject to active orders, including pertinent information about  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        persons subject to conditions of bond imposed for the protection of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        the victim in any family violence, sexual assault or abuse,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking case.  Information in  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the law enforcement information system relating to an active order  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        shall include: | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (A)  the name, sex, race, date of birth, personal  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        descriptors, address, and county of residence of the person to whom  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the order is directed; | 
      
      
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                           (B)  any known identifying number of the person to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        whom the order is directed, including the person's social security  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        number or driver's license number; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  the name and county of residence of the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        person protected by the order; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (D)  the residence address and place of employment  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or business of the person protected by the order, unless that  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        information is excluded from the order under Section 85.007, Family  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Code, or Article 17.292(e), Code of Criminal Procedure; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (E)  the child-care facility or school where a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        child protected by the order normally resides or which the child  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        normally attends, unless that information is excluded from the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        order under Section 85.007, Family Code, or Article 17.292(e), Code  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of Criminal Procedure; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (F)  the relationship or former relationship  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        between the person who is protected by the order and the person to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        whom the order is directed; | 
      
      
        | 
           
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                           (G)  the conditions of bond imposed on the person  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        to whom the order is directed, if any, for the protection of a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
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        victim in any family violence, sexual assault or abuse, indecent  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        assault, stalking, or trafficking case; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (H)  any minimum distance the person subject to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the order is required to maintain from the protected places or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        persons; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (I)  the date the order expires; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (7)  grant access to criminal history record  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        information in the manner authorized under Subchapter F; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (8)  collect and disseminate information regarding  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        offenders with mental impairments in compliance with Chapter 614,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Health and Safety Code; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (9)  record data and maintain a state database for a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        computerized criminal history record system and computerized  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        juvenile justice information system that serves: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  as the record creation point for criminal  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        history record information and juvenile justice information  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        maintained by the state; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  as the control terminal for the entry of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        records, in accordance with federal law and regulations, federal  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        executive orders, and federal policy, into the federal database  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        maintained by the Federal Bureau of Investigation. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (g)  The department may adopt reasonable rules under this  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        section relating to: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  law enforcement information systems maintained by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the department; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  the collection, maintenance, and correction of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        records; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3)  reports of criminal history information submitted  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        to the department; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (4)  active protective orders and reporting procedures  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        that ensure that information relating to the issuance and dismissal  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of an active protective order is reported to the local law  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        enforcement agency at the time of the order's issuance or dismissal  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        and entered by the local law enforcement agency in the state's law  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        enforcement information system; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (5)  the collection of information described by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Subsection (h); | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (6)  a system for providing criminal history record  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        information through the criminal history clearinghouse under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Section 411.0845; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (7)  active conditions of bond imposed on a defendant  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        for the protection of a victim in any family violence, sexual  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        assault or abuse, indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking case,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        and reporting procedures that ensure that information relating to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the issuance, modification, or removal of the conditions of bond is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        reported, at the time of the issuance, modification, or removal,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        to: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  the victim or, if the victim is deceased, a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        close relative of the victim; and | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  the local law enforcement agency for entry by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        the local law enforcement agency in the state's law enforcement  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        information system. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 15.  The heading to Section 25.07, Penal Code, is  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               Sec. 25.07.  VIOLATION OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS OR CONDITIONS  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        OF BOND IN A FAMILY VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE, INDECENT  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING CASE. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 16.  Section 25.07(a), Penal Code, is amended to  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        read as follows: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               (a)  A person commits an offense if, in violation of a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        condition of bond set in a family violence, sexual assault or abuse,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        indecent assault, stalking, or trafficking case and related to the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        safety of a victim or the safety of the community, an order issued  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        under Chapter 7A, Code of Criminal Procedure, an order issued under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Article 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure, an order issued under  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        Section 6.504, Family Code, Chapter 83, Family Code, if the  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        temporary ex parte order has been served on the person, or Chapter  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        85, Family Code, or an order issued by another jurisdiction as  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        provided by Chapter 88, Family Code, the person knowingly or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        intentionally: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (1)  commits family violence or an act in furtherance  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        of an offense under Section 20A.02, 22.011, 22.012, 22.021, or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        42.072; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (2)  communicates: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  directly with a protected individual or a  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        member of the family or household in a threatening or harassing  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        manner; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  a threat through any person to a protected  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        individual or a member of the family or household; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (C)  in any manner with the protected individual  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or a member of the family or household except through the person's  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        attorney or a person appointed by the court, if the violation is of  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        an order described by this subsection and the order prohibits any  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        communication with a protected individual or a member of the family  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        or household; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (3)  goes to or near any of the following places as  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        specifically described in the order or condition of bond: | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (A)  the residence or place of employment or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        business of a protected individual or a member of the family or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        household; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                           (B)  any child care facility, residence, or school  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        where a child protected by the order or condition of bond normally  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        resides or attends; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (4)  possesses a firearm; | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (5)  harms, threatens, or interferes with the care,  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        custody, or control of a pet, companion animal, or assistance  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        animal that is possessed by a person protected by the order or  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        condition of bond; or | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
                     (6)  removes, attempts to remove, or otherwise tampers  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        with the normal functioning of a global positioning monitoring  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        system. | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
               SECTION 17.  Section 25.07(b), Penal Code, is amended by  | 
      
      
        | 
           
			 | 
        adding Subdivision (8) to read as follows: | 
      
      
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                     (8)  "Indecent assault" means any conduct that  | 
      
      
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        constitutes an offense under Section 22.012. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 18.  The heading to Section 25.072, Penal Code, is  | 
      
      
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        amended to read as follows: | 
      
      
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               Sec. 25.072.  REPEATED VIOLATION OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS OR  | 
      
      
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        CONDITIONS OF BOND IN FAMILY VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE,  | 
      
      
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        INDECENT ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING CASE. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 19.  Chapter 7A, Code of Criminal Procedure, as  | 
      
      
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        amended by this Act, and Article 17.292, Code of Criminal  | 
      
      
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        Procedure, as amended by this Act, apply only to a protective order  | 
      
      
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        or magistrate's order for emergency protection that is issued on or  | 
      
      
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        after the effective date of this Act.  An order issued before the  | 
      
      
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        effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the  | 
      
      
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        date the order is issued, and the former law is continued in effect  | 
      
      
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        for that purpose. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 20.  Article 56.021(d), Code of Criminal Procedure,  | 
      
      
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        as amended by this Act, applies to a victim of criminally injurious  | 
      
      
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        conduct for which a judgment of conviction is entered or a grant of  | 
      
      
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        deferred adjudication is made on or after the effective date of this  | 
      
      
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        Act, regardless of whether the criminally injurious conduct  | 
      
      
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        occurred before, on, or after the effective date of this Act. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 21.  Sections 22.011, 22.021, 25.07, and 25.072,  | 
      
      
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        Penal Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to an offense  | 
      
      
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        committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  An offense  | 
      
      
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        committed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the  | 
      
      
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        law in effect on the date the offense was committed, and the former  | 
      
      
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        law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of this  | 
      
      
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        section, an offense was committed before the effective date of this  | 
      
      
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        Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | 
      
      
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               SECTION 22.  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 23.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |