Bill Text: TX HB1261 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to a presumption that applies to certain conduct involving certain controlled substances that endangers a child.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1261 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1261-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to a presumption that applies to certain conduct involving certain controlled substances that endangers a child.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-05-02 - Committee report sent to Calendars [HB1261 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1261-Introduced.html
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By: Bell of Kaufman | H.B. No. 1261 |
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relating to a presumption that applies to certain conduct involving | ||
certain controlled substances that endangers a child. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 22.041(c-1), Penal Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
(c-1) For purposes of Subsection (c), it is presumed that a | ||
person engaged in conduct that places a child in imminent danger of | ||
death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment if: | ||
(1) in the presence of the child, the person | ||
manufactured, possessed, or in any way introduced into the body of | ||
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Section 481.102, Health and Safety Code [ |
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(2) the person's conduct related to the proximity or | ||
accessibility to the child of a [ |
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in Penalty Group 1, Section 481.102, Health and Safety Code, | ||
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child's blood, urine, or other bodily substance indicates the | ||
presence of the substance [ |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies 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 section, an offense was committed before the | ||
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | ||
before that date. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |