Bill Text: TX HB888 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting a child as a family member at a port of entry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 16-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB888 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB888-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 888 |
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relating to creating the criminal offense of misrepresenting a | ||
child as a family member at a port of entry. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 37, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 37.082 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 37.082. MISREPRESENTING CHILD AS FAMILY MEMBER AT PORT | ||
OF ENTRY. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Child" means a person younger than 18 years of | ||
age. | ||
(2) "Family member" means a person who is related to | ||
another person by consanguinity or affinity. | ||
(3) "Port of entry" means a place designated by | ||
executive order of the president of the United States, by order of | ||
the United States secretary of the treasury, or by act of the United | ||
States Congress at which a customs officer is authorized to enforce | ||
customs laws. | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if the person, with intent | ||
to commit an offense under Section 20A.02, knowingly misrepresents | ||
a child as a family member of the person to a peace officer or | ||
federal special investigator at a port of entry. | ||
(c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. | ||
(d) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this | ||
section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor | ||
may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 888 was passed by the House on May 2, | ||
2019, by the following vote: Yeas 94, Nays 46, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 888 on May 23, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 100, Nays 43, | ||
1 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 888 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 21, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays | ||
1. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |