Bill Text: TX HB1274 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the unwarranted commitment of a person to a mental health facility.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-02-27 - Referred to Public Health [HB1274 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB1274-Introduced.html
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By: Zedler | H.B. No. 1274 |
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relating to increasing the criminal penalties for the unwarranted | ||
commitment of a person to a mental health facility. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Sections 571.020(c), (d), (e), and (f), Health | ||
and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) An individual who commits an offense under this section | ||
is subject on conviction to: | ||
(1) a fine of not less than $100,000 [ |
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$250,000 [ |
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violation; | ||
(2) confinement in jail for not more than two years for | ||
each violation and each day of a continuing violation; or | ||
(3) both fine and confinement. | ||
(d) A person other than an individual who commits an offense | ||
under this section is subject on conviction to a fine of not less | ||
than $100,000 [ |
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violation and each day of a continuing violation. | ||
(e) If it is shown on the trial of an individual that the | ||
individual has previously been convicted of an offense under this | ||
section, the offense is punishable by: | ||
(1) a fine of not less than $250,000 [ |
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than $500,000 [ |
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continuing violation; | ||
(2) confinement in jail for not more than four years | ||
for each violation and each day of a continuing violation; or | ||
(3) both fine and confinement. | ||
(f) If it is shown on the trial of a person other than an | ||
individual that the person previously has been convicted of an | ||
offense under this section, the offense is punishable by a fine of | ||
not less than $250,000 [ |
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for each violation and each day of a continuing violation. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 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. |