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        |  | 
      
        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to decreasing the punishment for certain criminal | 
      
        |  | offenses. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Section 502.001(c), Business & Commerce Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  A restaurant or bar owner shall display in a prominent | 
      
        |  | place on the premises of the restaurant or bar a sign stating in | 
      
        |  | letters at least one-half inch high:  "UNDER SECTION 32.51, PENAL | 
      
        |  | CODE, IT IS A CLASS A MISDEMEANOR [ STATE JAIL FELONY] (PUNISHABLE BY | 
      
        |  | CONFINEMENT IN [ A STATE] JAIL FOR NOT MORE THAN ONE YEAR) [TWO  | 
      
        |  | YEARS)] TO OBTAIN, POSSESS, TRANSFER, OR USE A CUSTOMER'S DEBIT | 
      
        |  | CARD OR CREDIT CARD NUMBER WITHOUT THE CUSTOMER'S CONSENT." | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  Article 14.06(d), Code of Criminal Procedure, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  Subsection (c) applies only to a person charged with | 
      
        |  | committing an offense under: | 
      
        |  | (1)  Section 481.121, Health and Safety Code, if the | 
      
        |  | offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(2) or (3) [ (b)(1) or  | 
      
        |  | (2)] of that section; | 
      
        |  | (1-a)  Section 481.1161, Health and Safety Code, if the | 
      
        |  | offense is punishable under Subsection (b)(1) or (2) of that | 
      
        |  | section; | 
      
        |  | (2)  Section 28.03, Penal Code, if the offense is | 
      
        |  | punishable under Subsection (b)(2) of that section; | 
      
        |  | (3)  Section 28.08, Penal Code, if the offense is | 
      
        |  | punishable under Subsection (b)(2) [ (b)(1)] of that section; | 
      
        |  | (4)  Section 31.03, Penal Code, if the offense is | 
      
        |  | punishable under Subsection (e)(2)(A) of that section; | 
      
        |  | (5)  Section 31.04, Penal Code, if the offense is | 
      
        |  | punishable under Subsection (e)(2) of that section; | 
      
        |  | (6)  Section 38.114, Penal Code, if the offense is | 
      
        |  | punishable as a Class B misdemeanor; or | 
      
        |  | (7)  Section 521.457, Transportation Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  Section 15(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (1)  On conviction of a state jail felony under Section | 
      
        |  | 481.115(b-1) [ 481.115(b)], 481.1151(b)(1), 481.116(b), | 
      
        |  | 481.1161(b)(3), 481.121(b)(4) [ 481.121(b)(3)], or 481.129(g)(1), | 
      
        |  | Health and Safety Code, that is punished under Section 12.35(a), | 
      
        |  | Penal Code, the judge shall suspend the imposition of the sentence | 
      
        |  | and place the defendant on community supervision, unless the | 
      
        |  | defendant has previously been convicted of a felony, other than a | 
      
        |  | felony punished under Section 12.44(a), Penal Code, or unless the | 
      
        |  | conviction resulted from an adjudication of the guilt of a | 
      
        |  | defendant previously placed on deferred adjudication community | 
      
        |  | supervision for the offense, in which event the judge may suspend | 
      
        |  | the imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community | 
      
        |  | supervision or may order the sentence to be executed.  The | 
      
        |  | provisions of this subdivision requiring the judge to suspend the | 
      
        |  | imposition of the sentence and place the defendant on community | 
      
        |  | supervision do not apply to a defendant who: | 
      
        |  | (A)  under Section 481.1151(b)(1), Health and | 
      
        |  | Safety Code, possessed more than five abuse units of the controlled | 
      
        |  | substance; | 
      
        |  | (B)  under Section 481.1161(b)(3), Health and | 
      
        |  | Safety Code, possessed more than one pound, by aggregate weight, | 
      
        |  | including adulterants or dilutants, of the controlled substance; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  under Section 481.121(b)(4) [ 481.121(b)(3)], | 
      
        |  | Health and Safety Code, possessed more than one pound of marihuana. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.  Section 51.03(b), Family Code, is 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 absence of a child on 10 or more days or parts | 
      
        |  | of days within a six-month period in the same school year or on | 
      
        |  | three or more days or parts of days within a four-week period from | 
      
        |  | school; | 
      
        |  | (3)  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; | 
      
        |  | (4)  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; | 
      
        |  | (5)  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; | 
      
        |  | (6)  conduct that violates a reasonable and lawful | 
      
        |  | order of a court entered under Section 264.305; | 
      
        |  | (7)  notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct | 
      
        |  | described by Section 43.02(a) or (b) [ 43.02(a)(1) or (2)], Penal | 
      
        |  | Code; or | 
      
        |  | (8)  notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct that | 
      
        |  | violates Section 43.261, Penal Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 5.  Section 261.001(1), Family Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Abuse" includes the following acts or omissions | 
      
        |  | by a person: | 
      
        |  | (A)  mental or emotional injury to a child that | 
      
        |  | results in an observable and material impairment in the child's | 
      
        |  | growth, development, or psychological functioning; | 
      
        |  | (B)  causing or permitting the child to be in a | 
      
        |  | situation in which the child sustains a mental or emotional injury | 
      
        |  | that results in an observable and material impairment in the | 
      
        |  | child's growth, development, or psychological functioning; | 
      
        |  | (C)  physical injury that results in substantial | 
      
        |  | harm to the child, or the genuine threat of substantial harm from | 
      
        |  | physical injury to the child, including an injury that is at | 
      
        |  | variance with the history or explanation given and excluding an | 
      
        |  | accident or reasonable discipline by a parent, guardian, or | 
      
        |  | managing or possessory conservator that does not expose the child | 
      
        |  | to a substantial risk of harm; | 
      
        |  | (D)  failure to make a reasonable effort to | 
      
        |  | prevent an action by another person that results in physical injury | 
      
        |  | that results in substantial harm to the child; | 
      
        |  | (E)  sexual conduct harmful to a child's mental, | 
      
        |  | emotional, or physical welfare, including conduct that constitutes | 
      
        |  | the offense of continuous sexual abuse of young child or children | 
      
        |  | under Section 21.02, Penal Code, indecency with a child under | 
      
        |  | Section 21.11, Penal Code, sexual assault under Section 22.011, | 
      
        |  | Penal Code, or aggravated sexual assault under Section 22.021, | 
      
        |  | Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (F)  failure to make a reasonable effort to | 
      
        |  | prevent sexual conduct harmful to a child; | 
      
        |  | (G)  compelling or encouraging the child to engage | 
      
        |  | in sexual conduct as defined by Section 43.01, Penal Code, | 
      
        |  | including compelling or encouraging the child in a manner [ conduct] | 
      
        |  | that constitutes an offense of trafficking of persons under Section | 
      
        |  | 20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code, prostitution under Section | 
      
        |  | 43.02(b) [ 43.02(a)(2)], Penal Code, or compelling prostitution | 
      
        |  | under Section 43.05(a)(2), Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (H)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging | 
      
        |  | in, or allowing the photographing, filming, or depicting of the | 
      
        |  | child if the person knew or should have known that the resulting | 
      
        |  | photograph, film, or depiction of the child is obscene as defined by | 
      
        |  | Section 43.21, Penal Code, or pornographic; | 
      
        |  | (I)  the current use by a person of a controlled | 
      
        |  | substance as defined by Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, in a | 
      
        |  | manner or to the extent that the use results in physical, mental, or | 
      
        |  | emotional injury to a child; | 
      
        |  | (J)  causing, expressly permitting, or | 
      
        |  | encouraging a child to use a controlled substance as defined by | 
      
        |  | Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; | 
      
        |  | (K)  causing, permitting, encouraging, engaging | 
      
        |  | in, or allowing a sexual performance by a child as defined by | 
      
        |  | Section 43.25, Penal Code; or | 
      
        |  | (L)  knowingly causing, permitting, encouraging, | 
      
        |  | engaging in, or allowing a child to be trafficked in a manner | 
      
        |  | punishable as an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(5), (6), (7), or | 
      
        |  | (8), Penal Code, or the failure to make a reasonable effort to | 
      
        |  | prevent a child from being trafficked in a manner punishable as an | 
      
        |  | offense under any of those sections. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 6.  Section 169.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The commissioners court of a county or governing body of | 
      
        |  | a municipality may establish a first offender prostitution | 
      
        |  | prevention program for defendants charged with an offense under | 
      
        |  | Section 43.02(b) [ 43.02(a)(2)], Penal Code[, in which the defendant  | 
      
        |  | offered or agreed to hire a person to engage in sexual conduct]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 7.  Section 169A.002(a), Health and Safety Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The commissioners court of a county or governing body of | 
      
        |  | a municipality may establish a prostitution prevention program for | 
      
        |  | defendants charged with an offense under Section 43.02(a) | 
      
        |  | [ 43.02(a)(1)], Penal Code[, in which the defendant offered or  | 
      
        |  | agreed to engage in or engaged in sexual conduct for a fee]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 8.  Section 481.115, Health and Safety Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended by amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (b-1), an [ An] offense | 
      
        |  | under Subsection (a) is a Class A misdemeanor [ state jail felony] if | 
      
        |  | the amount of the controlled substance possessed is, by aggregate | 
      
        |  | weight, including adulterants or dilutants, less than one gram. | 
      
        |  | (b-1)  An offense punishable under Subsection (b) is a state | 
      
        |  | jail felony if the person has been previously convicted of an | 
      
        |  | offense under this section or Section 481.1151, 481.116, 481.1161, | 
      
        |  | 481.117, 481.118, or 481.121. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 9.  Section 481.121(b), Health and Safety Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  An offense under Subsection (a) is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana | 
      
        |  | possessed is one ounce or less; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of marihuana | 
      
        |  | possessed is two ounces or less but more than one ounce; | 
      
        |  | (3) [ (2)]  a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of | 
      
        |  | marihuana possessed is four ounces or less but more than two ounces; | 
      
        |  | (4) [ (3)]  a state jail felony if the amount of | 
      
        |  | marihuana possessed is five pounds or less but more than four | 
      
        |  | ounces; | 
      
        |  | (5) [ (4)]  a felony of the third degree if the amount of | 
      
        |  | marihuana possessed is 50 pounds or less but more than 5 pounds; | 
      
        |  | (6) [ (5)]  a felony of the second degree if the amount | 
      
        |  | of marihuana possessed is 2,000 pounds or less but more than 50 | 
      
        |  | pounds; and | 
      
        |  | (7) [ (6)]  punishable by imprisonment in the Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more | 
      
        |  | than 99 years or less than 5 years, and a fine not to exceed $50,000, | 
      
        |  | if the amount of marihuana possessed is more than 2,000 pounds. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 10.  Section 481.126(a), Health and Safety Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A person commits an offense if the person: | 
      
        |  | (1)  barters property or expends funds the person knows | 
      
        |  | are derived from the commission of an offense under this chapter | 
      
        |  | punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal | 
      
        |  | Justice for life; | 
      
        |  | (2)  barters property or expends funds the person knows | 
      
        |  | are derived from the commission of an offense under Section | 
      
        |  | 481.121(a) that is punishable under Section 481.121(b)(6) | 
      
        |  | [ 481.121(b)(5)]; | 
      
        |  | (3)  barters property or finances or invests funds the | 
      
        |  | person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of | 
      
        |  | an offense for which the punishment is described by Subdivision | 
      
        |  | (1); or | 
      
        |  | (4)  barters property or finances or invests funds the | 
      
        |  | person knows or believes are intended to further the commission of | 
      
        |  | an offense under Section 481.121(a) that is punishable under | 
      
        |  | Section 481.121(b)(6) [ 481.121(b)(5)]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 11.  Sections 481.134(c), (d), (e), and (f), Health | 
      
        |  | and Safety Code, are amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  The minimum term of confinement or imprisonment for an | 
      
        |  | offense otherwise punishable under Section 481.112(c), (d), (e), or | 
      
        |  | (f), 481.113(c), (d), or (e), 481.114(c), (d), or (e), | 
      
        |  | 481.115(c)-(f), 481.116(c), (d), or (e), 481.1161(b)(4), (5), or | 
      
        |  | (6), 481.117(c), (d), or (e), 481.118(c), (d), or (e), | 
      
        |  | 481.120(b)(4), (5), or (6), or 481.121(b)(5), (6), or (7) | 
      
        |  | [ 481.121(b)(4), (5), or (6)] is increased by five years and the | 
      
        |  | maximum fine for the offense is doubled if it is shown on the trial | 
      
        |  | of the offense that the offense was committed: | 
      
        |  | (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of the premises of a | 
      
        |  | school, the premises of a public or private youth center, or a | 
      
        |  | playground; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  on a school bus. | 
      
        |  | (d)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section | 
      
        |  | 481.112(b), 481.113(b), 481.114(b), 481.115(b-1) [ 481.115(b)], | 
      
        |  | 481.116(b), 481.1161(b)(3), 481.120(b)(3), or 481.121(b)(4) | 
      
        |  | [ 481.121(b)(3)] is a felony of the third degree if it is shown on | 
      
        |  | the trial of the offense that the offense was committed: | 
      
        |  | (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property | 
      
        |  | that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the | 
      
        |  | premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  on a school bus. | 
      
        |  | (e)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section | 
      
        |  | 481.117(b), 481.119(a), 481.120(b)(2), or 481.121(b)(3) | 
      
        |  | [ 481.121(b)(2)] is a state jail felony if it is shown on the trial | 
      
        |  | of the offense that the offense was committed: | 
      
        |  | (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property | 
      
        |  | that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the | 
      
        |  | premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  on a school bus. | 
      
        |  | (f)  An offense otherwise punishable under Section | 
      
        |  | 481.118(b), 481.119(b), 481.120(b)(1), or 481.121(b)(1) or (2) is a | 
      
        |  | Class A misdemeanor if it is shown on the trial of the offense that | 
      
        |  | the offense was committed: | 
      
        |  | (1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any real property | 
      
        |  | that is owned, rented, or leased to a school or school board, the | 
      
        |  | premises of a public or private youth center, or a playground; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  on a school bus. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 12.  Section 28.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  Except as provided by Subsections (f) and (h), an | 
      
        |  | offense under this section is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the amount of pecuniary loss is less than | 
      
        |  | $500 [ $50]; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  except as provided in Subdivision (3)(A) or | 
      
        |  | (3)(B), it causes substantial inconvenience to others; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary | 
      
        |  | loss is $500 [ $50] or more but less than $1,500 [$500]; | 
      
        |  | (3)  a Class A misdemeanor if: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the amount of pecuniary loss | 
      
        |  | is $1,500 [ $500] or more but less than $20,000 [$1,500]; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  the actor causes in whole or in part | 
      
        |  | impairment or interruption of any public water supply, or causes to | 
      
        |  | be diverted in whole, in part, or in any manner, including | 
      
        |  | installation or removal of any device for any such purpose, any | 
      
        |  | public water supply, regardless of the amount of the pecuniary | 
      
        |  | loss; | 
      
        |  | (4)  a state jail felony if the amount of pecuniary loss | 
      
        |  | is: | 
      
        |  | (A)  [ $1,500 or more but less than $20,000; | 
      
        |  | [ (B)]  less than $20,000 [$1,500], if the property | 
      
        |  | damaged or destroyed is a habitation and if the damage or | 
      
        |  | destruction is caused by a firearm or explosive weapon; | 
      
        |  | (B) [ (C)]  less than $20,000 [$1,500], if the | 
      
        |  | property was a fence used for the production or containment of: | 
      
        |  | (i)  cattle, bison, horses, sheep, swine, | 
      
        |  | goats, exotic livestock, or exotic poultry; or | 
      
        |  | (ii)  game animals as that term is defined by | 
      
        |  | Section 63.001, Parks and Wildlife Code; or | 
      
        |  | (C) [ (D)]  less than $20,000 and the actor causes | 
      
        |  | wholly or partly impairment or interruption of public | 
      
        |  | communications, public transportation, public gas or power supply, | 
      
        |  | or other public service, or causes to be diverted wholly, partly, or | 
      
        |  | in any manner, including installation or removal of any device for | 
      
        |  | any such purpose, any public communications or public gas or power | 
      
        |  | supply; | 
      
        |  | (5)  a felony of the third degree if the amount of the | 
      
        |  | pecuniary loss is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000; | 
      
        |  | (6)  a felony of the second degree if the amount of | 
      
        |  | pecuniary loss is $100,000 or more but less than $200,000; or | 
      
        |  | (7)  a felony of the first degree if the amount of | 
      
        |  | pecuniary loss is $200,000 or more. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 13.  Sections 28.08(b) and (d), Penal Code, are | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under | 
      
        |  | this section is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary | 
      
        |  | loss is less than $100; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the amount of pecuniary | 
      
        |  | loss is $100 or more but less than $750 [ $500]; | 
      
        |  | (3) [ (2)]  a Class A misdemeanor if the amount of | 
      
        |  | pecuniary loss is $750 [ $500] or more but less than $2,500 [$1,500]; | 
      
        |  | (4) [ (3)]  a state jail felony if the amount of | 
      
        |  | pecuniary loss is $2,500 [ $1,500] or more but less than $30,000 | 
      
        |  | [ $20,000]; | 
      
        |  | (5) [ (4)]  a felony of the third degree if the amount of | 
      
        |  | pecuniary loss is $30,000 [ $20,000] or more but less than $150,000 | 
      
        |  | [ $100,000]; | 
      
        |  | (6) [ (5)]  a felony of the second degree if the amount | 
      
        |  | of pecuniary loss is $150,000 [ $100,000] or more but less than | 
      
        |  | $300,000 [ $200,000]; or | 
      
        |  | (7) [ (6)]  a felony of the first degree if the amount of | 
      
        |  | pecuniary loss is $300,000 [ $200,000] or more. | 
      
        |  | (d)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the marking is made on a school, an institution of | 
      
        |  | higher education, a place of worship or human burial, a public | 
      
        |  | monument, or a community center that provides medical, social, or | 
      
        |  | educational programs; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  the amount of the pecuniary loss to real property | 
      
        |  | or to tangible personal property is $750 or more but less than | 
      
        |  | $30,000 [ $20,000]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 14.  Section 30.02(c), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under | 
      
        |  | this section is a: | 
      
        |  | (1)  Class A misdemeanor [ state jail felony] if | 
      
        |  | committed in a building other than a habitation; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  felony of the second degree if committed in a | 
      
        |  | habitation. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 15.  Section 31.03(e), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  Except as provided by Subsection (f), an offense under | 
      
        |  | this section is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the value of the property | 
      
        |  | stolen is less than $500 [ : | 
      
        |  | [ (A)  $50; or | 
      
        |  | [ (B)  $20 and the defendant obtained the property  | 
      
        |  | by issuing or passing a check or similar sight order in a manner  | 
      
        |  | described by Section 31.06]; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the value of the property stolen is $500 [ : | 
      
        |  | [ (i)  $50] or more but less than $1,500 | 
      
        |  | [ $500]; [or | 
      
        |  | [ (ii)  $20 or more but less than $500 and the  | 
      
        |  | defendant obtained the property by issuing or passing a check or  | 
      
        |  | similar sight order in a manner described by Section 31.06;] | 
      
        |  | (B)  the value of the property stolen is less than | 
      
        |  | $500 [ : | 
      
        |  | [ (i)  $50] and the defendant has previously | 
      
        |  | been convicted of any grade of theft; or | 
      
        |  | [ (ii)  $20, the defendant has previously  | 
      
        |  | been convicted of any grade of theft, and the defendant obtained the  | 
      
        |  | property by issuing or passing a check or similar sight order in a  | 
      
        |  | manner described by Section 31.06; or] | 
      
        |  | (C)  the property stolen is a driver's license, | 
      
        |  | commercial driver's license, or personal identification | 
      
        |  | certificate issued by this state or another state; | 
      
        |  | (3)  a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the property | 
      
        |  | stolen is $1,500 [ $500] or more but less than $20,000 [$1,500]; | 
      
        |  | (4)  a state jail felony if: | 
      
        |  | (A)  [ the value of the property stolen is $1,500  | 
      
        |  | or more but less than $20,000, or] the property is less than 10 head | 
      
        |  | of sheep, swine, or goats or any part thereof under the value of | 
      
        |  | $20,000; | 
      
        |  | (B)  regardless of value, the property is stolen | 
      
        |  | from the person of another or from a human corpse or grave, | 
      
        |  | including property that is a military grave marker; | 
      
        |  | (C)  the property stolen is a firearm, as defined | 
      
        |  | by Section 46.01; | 
      
        |  | (D)  the value of the property stolen is less than | 
      
        |  | $20,000 [ $1,500] and the defendant has been previously convicted | 
      
        |  | two or more times of any grade of theft; | 
      
        |  | (E)  the property stolen is an official ballot or | 
      
        |  | official carrier envelope for an election; or | 
      
        |  | (F)  the value of the property stolen is less than | 
      
        |  | $20,000 and the property stolen is: | 
      
        |  | (i)  aluminum; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  bronze; | 
      
        |  | (iii)  copper; or | 
      
        |  | (iv)  brass; | 
      
        |  | (5)  a felony of the third degree if the value of the | 
      
        |  | property stolen is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000, or the | 
      
        |  | property is: | 
      
        |  | (A)  cattle, horses, or exotic livestock or exotic | 
      
        |  | fowl as defined by Section 142.001, Agriculture Code, stolen during | 
      
        |  | a single transaction and having an aggregate value of less than | 
      
        |  | $100,000; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  10 or more head of sheep, swine, or goats | 
      
        |  | stolen during a single transaction and having an aggregate value of | 
      
        |  | less than $100,000; | 
      
        |  | (6)  a felony of the second degree if: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the value of the property stolen is $100,000 | 
      
        |  | or more but less than $200,000; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  the value of the property stolen is less than | 
      
        |  | $200,000 and the property stolen is an automated teller machine or | 
      
        |  | the contents or components of an automated teller machine; or | 
      
        |  | (7)  a felony of the first degree if the value of the | 
      
        |  | property stolen is $200,000 or more. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 16.  Sections 31.04(b) and (e), Penal Code, are | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  For purposes of this section, intent to avoid payment is | 
      
        |  | presumed if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the actor absconded without paying for the service | 
      
        |  | or expressly refused to pay for the service in circumstances where | 
      
        |  | payment is ordinarily made immediately upon rendering of the | 
      
        |  | service, as in hotels, campgrounds, recreational vehicle parks, | 
      
        |  | restaurants, and comparable establishments; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the actor failed to make payment under a service | 
      
        |  | agreement within 10 days after receiving notice demanding payment; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the actor returns property held under a rental | 
      
        |  | agreement after the expiration of the rental agreement and fails to | 
      
        |  | pay the applicable rental charge for the property within 10 days | 
      
        |  | after the date on which the actor received notice demanding | 
      
        |  | payment; or | 
      
        |  | (4)  the actor failed to return the property held under | 
      
        |  | a rental agreement: | 
      
        |  | (A)  within five days after receiving notice | 
      
        |  | demanding return, if the property is valued at less than $2,500 | 
      
        |  | [ $1,500]; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  within three days after receiving notice | 
      
        |  | demanding return, if the property is valued at $2,500 [ $1,500] or | 
      
        |  | more. | 
      
        |  | (e)  An offense under this section is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a Class C misdemeanor if the value of the service | 
      
        |  | stolen is less than $100 [ $20]; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a Class B misdemeanor if the value of the service | 
      
        |  | stolen is $100 [ $20] or more but less than $750 [$500]; | 
      
        |  | (3)  a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the service | 
      
        |  | stolen is $750 [ $500] or more but less than $2,500 [$1,500]; | 
      
        |  | (4)  a state jail felony if the value of the service | 
      
        |  | stolen is $2,500 [ $1,500] or more but less than $30,000 [$20,000]; | 
      
        |  | (5)  a felony of the third degree if the value of the | 
      
        |  | service stolen is $30,000 [ $20,000] or more but less than $150,000 | 
      
        |  | [ $100,000]; | 
      
        |  | (6)  a felony of the second degree if the value of the | 
      
        |  | service stolen is $150,000 [ $100,000] or more but less than | 
      
        |  | $300,000 [ $200,000]; or | 
      
        |  | (7)  a felony of the first degree if the value of the | 
      
        |  | service stolen is $300,000 [ $200,000] or more. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 17.  Section 32.21(c), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  Except as provided by Subsections [ (d),] (e) [,] and | 
      
        |  | (e-1), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 18.  Section 32.31(d), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor | 
      
        |  | [ state jail felony], except that the offense is a felony of the | 
      
        |  | third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the | 
      
        |  | offense was committed against an elderly individual as defined by | 
      
        |  | Section 22.04. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 19.  Section 32.51(c), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  An offense under this section is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a Class A misdemeanor [ state jail felony] if the | 
      
        |  | number of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is less | 
      
        |  | than five; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a state jail felony [ of the third degree] if the | 
      
        |  | number of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is five | 
      
        |  | or more but less than 10; | 
      
        |  | (3)  a felony of the third [ second] degree if the number | 
      
        |  | of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is 10 or more but | 
      
        |  | less than 50; or | 
      
        |  | (4)  a felony of the second [ first] degree if the number | 
      
        |  | of items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is 50 or more. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 20.  Section 43.02, Penal Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | amending Subsections (a), (b), (c), and (d) and adding Subsections | 
      
        |  | (b-1) and (c-1) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A person commits an offense if, in return for receipt of | 
      
        |  | a fee, the person knowingly: | 
      
        |  | (1)  offers to engage, agrees to engage, or engages in | 
      
        |  | sexual conduct [ for a fee]; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  solicits another in a public place to engage with | 
      
        |  | the actor [ person] 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: | 
      
        |  | (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-1)  An offense is established under Subsection (a) | 
      
        |  | regardless of [ (a)(1)] whether the actor is offered or actually | 
      
        |  | receives the [ is to receive or pay a] fee.  An offense is | 
      
        |  | established under Subsection (b) regardless of [ (a)(2)] whether the | 
      
        |  | actor or another person on behalf of the actor offers or actually | 
      
        |  | pays the fee [ solicits a person to hire the actor or offers to hire  | 
      
        |  | the person solicited]. | 
      
        |  | (c)  An offense under Subsection (a) [ this section] is a | 
      
        |  | Class B misdemeanor, except that the offense is a Class A | 
      
        |  | misdemeanor if the actor has previously been convicted one or more | 
      
        |  | times of an offense under that subsection. | 
      
        |  | (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 that subsection | 
      
        |  | [ this section]; | 
      
        |  | (2)  a state jail felony if the actor has previously | 
      
        |  | been convicted three or more times of an offense under that | 
      
        |  | subsection [ this section]; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  a felony of the second degree if the person | 
      
        |  | solicited is younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the | 
      
        |  | actor knows the age of the person solicited at the time the actor | 
      
        |  | commits the offense. | 
      
        |  | (d)  It is a defense to prosecution for an offense under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (a) [ under this section] that the actor engaged in the | 
      
        |  | conduct that constitutes the offense because the actor was the | 
      
        |  | victim of conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 | 
      
        |  | or 43.05. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 21.  Section 32.21(d), Penal Code, is repealed. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 22.  (a)  Not later than December 1 of each year, the | 
      
        |  | Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall report to the | 
      
        |  | legislature on the financial impact to the state during the | 
      
        |  | preceding state fiscal year of reducing penalties under this Act. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The report must include an analysis of incarceration | 
      
        |  | costs incurred by the state and local governments, including the | 
      
        |  | cost of constructing prisons and jails. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The comptroller shall verify the findings of the Texas | 
      
        |  | Department of Criminal Justice in analyzing the cost savings | 
      
        |  | realized by the state under this Act. The Texas Department of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Justice may retain the amount of the actual savings | 
      
        |  | attributable to implementation of this Act, to the extent that the | 
      
        |  | savings come from funds appropriated to the department and to the | 
      
        |  | extent the department distributed that amount to programs or | 
      
        |  | facilities for the supervision and rehabilitation of offenders. The | 
      
        |  | Texas Department of Criminal Justice may transfer savings | 
      
        |  | attributable to implementation of this Act from the first year of | 
      
        |  | the fiscal biennium to the second year of the fiscal biennium, | 
      
        |  | provided that the department uses the full amount transferred for | 
      
        |  | distribution to programs or facilities for the supervision and | 
      
        |  | rehabilitation of offenders. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 23.  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 24.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |