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        |  | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | 
      
        |  | AN ACT | 
      
        |  | relating to prostitution and the trafficking of persons, civil | 
      
        |  | racketeering related to trafficking, the prosecution of and | 
      
        |  | punishment for certain sexual offenses and offenses involving or | 
      
        |  | related to trafficking, reimbursement of certain costs for criminal | 
      
        |  | victims who are children, and the release and reporting of certain | 
      
        |  | information relating to a child; increasing a criminal penalty; | 
      
        |  | creating a criminal offense. | 
      
        |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
      
        |  | SECTION 1.  Chapter 140A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended by designating Sections 140A.001 and 140A.002 as | 
      
        |  | Subchapter A and adding a subchapter heading to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER A.  GENERAL PROVISIONS | 
      
        |  | SECTION 2.  Section 140A.001, Civil Practice and Remedies | 
      
        |  | Code, is amended by adding Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (1-a)  "Attorney general" means the attorney general of | 
      
        |  | Texas or any assistant attorney general acting under the direction | 
      
        |  | of the attorney general of Texas. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 3.  Subchapter A, Chapter 140A, Civil Practice and | 
      
        |  | Remedies Code, as added by this Act, is amended by adding Section | 
      
        |  | 140A.0015  to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.0015.  APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS.  (a)  The | 
      
        |  | provisions of this chapter are cumulative of each other and any | 
      
        |  | other provision of law in effect relating to the same subject.  The | 
      
        |  | provisions of this chapter preserve the constitutional and common | 
      
        |  | law authority of the attorney general to bring any action under | 
      
        |  | state and federal law. | 
      
        |  | (b)  If any of the provisions of this chapter are held | 
      
        |  | invalid, the remainder of the provisions are not affected as a | 
      
        |  | result and the application of the provision held invalid to persons | 
      
        |  | or circumstances other than those as to which it is held invalid are | 
      
        |  | not affected as a result. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 4.  Chapter 140A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended by adding Subchapter B to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER B.  PROCEDURES AND EVIDENCE | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.051.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter: | 
      
        |  | (1)  "Civil investigative demand" means any demand | 
      
        |  | issued by the attorney general under this subchapter. | 
      
        |  | (2)  "Documentary material" means the original or a | 
      
        |  | copy of any paper, contract, agreement, book, booklet, brochure, | 
      
        |  | pamphlet, catalog, magazine, notice, announcement, circular, | 
      
        |  | bulletin, instruction, minutes, agenda, study, analysis, report, | 
      
        |  | graph, map, chart, table, schedule, note, letter, telegram, | 
      
        |  | telephone recordings, or data compilations stored in or accessible | 
      
        |  | through computer or other information retrieval systems, together | 
      
        |  | with instructions and all other materials necessary to use or | 
      
        |  | interpret the data compilations, and any product of discovery. | 
      
        |  | (3)  "Person" has the meaning assigned by Section | 
      
        |  | 311.005, Government Code. | 
      
        |  | (4)  "Product of discovery" means: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the original or a copy of a deposition, | 
      
        |  | interrogatory, document, thing, result of inspection of land or | 
      
        |  | other property, examination, or admission that is obtained by any | 
      
        |  | method of discovery in a judicial or administrative proceeding of | 
      
        |  | an adversarial nature; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a digest, analysis, selection, compilation, | 
      
        |  | or derivation of any item listed in Paragraph (A); and | 
      
        |  | (C)  an index, instruction, or other aid or means | 
      
        |  | of access to any item listed in Paragraph (A). | 
      
        |  | (5)  "Racketeering investigation" means any inquiry | 
      
        |  | conducted by the attorney general for the purpose of ascertaining | 
      
        |  | whether any person is or has been engaged in or is actively | 
      
        |  | preparing to engage in activities that may constitute a | 
      
        |  | racketeering violation. | 
      
        |  | (6)  "Racketeering violation" means any act or omission | 
      
        |  | in violation of any of the prohibitions in Section 140A.002. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.052.  CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND.  If the attorney | 
      
        |  | general has reason to believe that a person may be in possession, | 
      
        |  | custody, or control of any documentary material or other evidence | 
      
        |  | or may have any information relevant to a civil racketeering | 
      
        |  | investigation, the attorney general may, before beginning a civil | 
      
        |  | proceeding, issue in writing and serve on the person a civil | 
      
        |  | investigative demand requiring the person to: | 
      
        |  | (1)  produce any of the documentary material for | 
      
        |  | inspection and copying; | 
      
        |  | (2)  answer in writing any written interrogatories; | 
      
        |  | (3)  give oral testimony; or | 
      
        |  | (4)  provide any combination of civil investigative | 
      
        |  | demands under Subdivisions (1)-(3). | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.053.  CONTENTS OF DEMAND.  (a)  A civil | 
      
        |  | investigative demand issued under Section 140A.052 must: | 
      
        |  | (1)  describe the nature of the activities that are the | 
      
        |  | subject of the investigation; | 
      
        |  | (2)  state each statute the activity violates; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  advise the person on whom the demand is served that | 
      
        |  | the person has the right to object to the demand as provided for in | 
      
        |  | this subchapter. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A demand for production of documentary material must: | 
      
        |  | (1)  describe the class of material to be produced with | 
      
        |  | reasonable specificity so that the material demanded is fairly | 
      
        |  | identified; | 
      
        |  | (2)  prescribe a return date that provides a reasonable | 
      
        |  | period of time within which the material is to be produced; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  identify the individual to whom the material is to | 
      
        |  | be made available for inspection and copying. | 
      
        |  | (c)  A demand for answers to written interrogatories must: | 
      
        |  | (1)  propound the interrogatories with definiteness | 
      
        |  | and certainty; | 
      
        |  | (2)  prescribe a date by which answers to the | 
      
        |  | interrogatories must be submitted; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  identify the individual to whom the answers should | 
      
        |  | be submitted. | 
      
        |  | (d)  Each demand for the giving of oral testimony must: | 
      
        |  | (1)  prescribe a reasonable date, time, and place at | 
      
        |  | which the testimony will begin; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  identify the individual who will conduct the | 
      
        |  | examination. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.054.  SERVICE; PROOF OF SERVICE.  (a)  Service of | 
      
        |  | any civil investigative demand or petition filed under Section | 
      
        |  | 140A.055 or 140A.060 may be made on any natural person by delivering | 
      
        |  | a duly executed copy of the demand or petition to the person to be | 
      
        |  | served or by mailing a copy by registered or certified mail, return | 
      
        |  | receipt requested, to the person at the person's residence or | 
      
        |  | principal office or place of business. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Service of any demand or petition filed under Section | 
      
        |  | 140A.055 or 140A.060 may be made on any person other than a natural | 
      
        |  | person by delivering a duly executed copy of the demand or petition | 
      
        |  | to a person to whom delivery would be appropriate under state law if | 
      
        |  | the demand or petition were process in a civil suit. | 
      
        |  | (c)  A verified return by the individual serving any demand | 
      
        |  | or petition filed under Section 140A.055 or 140A.060 setting forth | 
      
        |  | the manner of service is proof of service.  In the case of service by | 
      
        |  | registered or certified mail, the return must be accompanied by the | 
      
        |  | return post office receipt of delivery of the demand or petition. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.055.  PETITION FOR ORDER MODIFYING OR SETTING | 
      
        |  | ASIDE DEMAND.  (a)  At any time before the return date specified in a | 
      
        |  | civil investigative demand or not later than the 30th day after the | 
      
        |  | date the demand was served, whichever period is shorter, the person | 
      
        |  | who has been served, and in the case of a demand for a product of | 
      
        |  | discovery the person from whom the discovery was obtained, may file | 
      
        |  | a petition for an order modifying or setting aside the demand in the | 
      
        |  | district court in the county of the person's residence or principal | 
      
        |  | office or place of business or a district court of Travis County. | 
      
        |  | The petition must specify each ground upon which the petitioner | 
      
        |  | relies in seeking the relief sought.  The petition may be based on | 
      
        |  | any failure of a demand to comply with the provisions of this | 
      
        |  | subchapter or on any constitutional or other legal right or | 
      
        |  | privilege of the petitioner. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The petitioner shall serve a copy of the petition on the | 
      
        |  | attorney general in accordance with Section 140A.054.  The attorney | 
      
        |  | general may submit an answer to the petition. | 
      
        |  | (c)  In ruling on the petition under this section, the court | 
      
        |  | shall presume absent evidence to the contrary that the attorney | 
      
        |  | general issued the demand in good faith and within the scope of the | 
      
        |  | attorney general's authority. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.056.  COMPLIANCE WITH DEMAND.  (a)  A person on | 
      
        |  | whom a civil investigative demand is served under this subchapter | 
      
        |  | shall comply with the terms of the demand unless otherwise provided | 
      
        |  | by court order. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The time for compliance with the demand wholly or partly | 
      
        |  | does not run during the pendency of any petition filed under Section | 
      
        |  | 140A.055, provided that the petitioner shall comply with any | 
      
        |  | portions of the demand not sought to be modified or set aside. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.057.  DOCUMENTARY MATERIAL.  (a)  Any person on | 
      
        |  | whom any civil investigative demand for the production of | 
      
        |  | documentary material has been duly served under this subchapter | 
      
        |  | shall make the material available to the attorney general for | 
      
        |  | inspection and copying during normal business hours on the return | 
      
        |  | date specified in the demand at the person's principal office or | 
      
        |  | place of business or as otherwise may be agreed on by the person and | 
      
        |  | the attorney general.  The attorney general shall bear the expense | 
      
        |  | of any copying.  The person may substitute copies for originals of | 
      
        |  | all or part of the requested documents if the originals are made | 
      
        |  | available for inspection.  The attorney general may elect to obtain | 
      
        |  | or review information in an electronic format.  The person shall | 
      
        |  | indicate in writing which, if any, of the documents produced | 
      
        |  | contain trade secrets or confidential information. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The production of documentary material in response to | 
      
        |  | any demand must be made under a sworn certificate in the form the | 
      
        |  | demand designates by a natural person having knowledge of the facts | 
      
        |  | and circumstances relating to the production to the effect that all | 
      
        |  | of the requested material in the possession, custody, or control of | 
      
        |  | the person to whom the demand is directed has been produced. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.058.  INTERROGATORIES.  (a)  Each interrogatory in | 
      
        |  | any civil investigative demand duly served must be answered | 
      
        |  | separately and fully in writing, unless it is objected to, in which | 
      
        |  | case the basis for the objection shall be set forth in lieu of an | 
      
        |  | answer.  The person shall indicate in writing which, if any, of the | 
      
        |  | answers contain trade secrets or confidential information. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Answers to interrogatories must be submitted under a | 
      
        |  | sworn certificate in the form the related demand designates by a | 
      
        |  | natural person having knowledge of the facts and circumstances | 
      
        |  | relating to the preparation of the answers to the effect that all of | 
      
        |  | the requested information in the possession, custody, control, or | 
      
        |  | knowledge of the person to whom the demand is directed has been set | 
      
        |  | forth fully and accurately. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.059.  ORAL EXAMINATION.  (a)  The examination of | 
      
        |  | any person pursuant to a civil investigative demand for oral | 
      
        |  | testimony duly served must be taken before any person authorized to | 
      
        |  | administer oaths and affirmations under the laws of this state or | 
      
        |  | the United States.  The person before whom the testimony is to be | 
      
        |  | taken shall put the witness on oath or affirmation and shall | 
      
        |  | personally or by someone acting under the person's direction and in | 
      
        |  | the person's presence record the witness's testimony.  At the | 
      
        |  | expense of the attorney general, and except as provided by this | 
      
        |  | subsection, the testimony must be taken stenographically and may be | 
      
        |  | transcribed.  The attorney general may take audio and video | 
      
        |  | recordings of the testimony by providing notice to the person to be | 
      
        |  | examined not later than the seventh day before the day the person is | 
      
        |  | to be examined. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The oral testimony of any person taken pursuant to a | 
      
        |  | demand served must be taken within 100 miles of the county where the | 
      
        |  | person resides, is found, or transacts business or in any other | 
      
        |  | place agreed on by the person and the attorney general. | 
      
        |  | (c)  Any person compelled to appear under a demand for oral | 
      
        |  | testimony may be accompanied, represented, and advised by counsel. | 
      
        |  | Counsel may advise the person in confidence, either on the request | 
      
        |  | of the person or on the counsel's own initiative, with respect to | 
      
        |  | any question arising in connection with the examination. | 
      
        |  | (d)  The individual conducting the examination on behalf of | 
      
        |  | the attorney general shall exclude from the place of examination | 
      
        |  | all other persons except the person being examined, the person's | 
      
        |  | counsel, the counsel of the person to whom the demand has been | 
      
        |  | issued, the person before whom the testimony is to be taken, any | 
      
        |  | stenographer taking the testimony, audiographer, videographer, and | 
      
        |  | any person assisting the individual conducting the examination. | 
      
        |  | (e)  During the examination, the person being examined or the | 
      
        |  | person's counsel may object on the record to any question in | 
      
        |  | accordance with Rule 199.5(e), Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.  An | 
      
        |  | objection may properly be made, received, and entered on the record | 
      
        |  | when it is claimed that the person is entitled to refuse to answer | 
      
        |  | the question on grounds of any constitutional or other privilege, | 
      
        |  | including the privilege against self-incrimination.  Neither that | 
      
        |  | person nor the person's counsel may otherwise object to or refuse to | 
      
        |  | answer any question or interrupt the oral examination.  If the | 
      
        |  | person refuses to answer any question, the attorney general may | 
      
        |  | petition the district court in the county where the examination is | 
      
        |  | being conducted for an order compelling the person to answer the | 
      
        |  | question. | 
      
        |  | (f)  After the testimony has been fully transcribed, the | 
      
        |  | person before whom the testimony was taken shall promptly transmit | 
      
        |  | the transcript of the testimony to the witness and a copy of the | 
      
        |  | transcript to the attorney general.  The witness must have a | 
      
        |  | reasonable opportunity to examine the transcript and make any | 
      
        |  | changes in form or substance accompanied by a statement of the | 
      
        |  | reasons for the changes.  The witness shall then sign and return the | 
      
        |  | transcript.  If the witness does not return the transcript to the | 
      
        |  | person before whom the testimony was taken not later than the 20th | 
      
        |  | day after the date the transcript was provided to the witness, the | 
      
        |  | witness may be deemed to have waived the right to make changes.  The | 
      
        |  | officer shall then certify on the transcript that the witness was | 
      
        |  | duly sworn and that the transcript is a true record of the testimony | 
      
        |  | given by the witness and promptly transmit a copy of the certified | 
      
        |  | transcript to the attorney general. | 
      
        |  | (g)  On request, the attorney general shall furnish a copy of | 
      
        |  | the certified transcript to the witness. | 
      
        |  | (h)  The attorney general may provide the witness the same | 
      
        |  | fees and mileage reimbursement that are paid to witnesses in the | 
      
        |  | district courts of this state. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.060.  FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH DEMAND PETITION FOR | 
      
        |  | ENFORCEMENT.  If a person fails to comply with a civil investigative | 
      
        |  | demand duly served on the person, the attorney general may file in | 
      
        |  | the  district court in the county in which the person resides, is | 
      
        |  | found, or transacts business or in a district court of Travis County | 
      
        |  | and may serve on the person a petition for an order of the court for | 
      
        |  | enforcement.  If the person transacts business in more than one | 
      
        |  | county and the attorney general elects not to file the petition in | 
      
        |  | Travis County, the petition must be filed in the county of the | 
      
        |  | person's principal office or place of business in the state or in | 
      
        |  | any other county as may be agreed on by the person and the attorney | 
      
        |  | general. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.061.  DELIBERATE NONCOMPLIANCE.  (a) A person | 
      
        |  | commits an offense if the person, with intent to avoid, evade, or | 
      
        |  | prevent compliance with a civil investigative demand issued under | 
      
        |  | this subchapter, knowingly removes from any place, conceals, | 
      
        |  | withholds, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by any other means | 
      
        |  | falsifies any documentary material or otherwise provides | 
      
        |  | inaccurate information. | 
      
        |  | (b)  An offense under this section is a misdemeanor | 
      
        |  | punishable by: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a fine of not more than $5,000; | 
      
        |  | (2)  confinement in a county jail for not more than one | 
      
        |  | year; or | 
      
        |  | (3)  both a fine and confinement. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.062.  DISCLOSURE AND USE OF MATERIAL AND | 
      
        |  | INFORMATION.  (a)  The civil investigative demand issued by the | 
      
        |  | attorney general, any information obtained, maintained, or created | 
      
        |  | in response to the demand, or any documentary material, product of | 
      
        |  | discovery, or other record derived or created during an | 
      
        |  | investigation from the information, is not subject to disclosure | 
      
        |  | under Chapter 552, Government Code, and is not subject to | 
      
        |  | disclosure, discovery, subpoena, or other means of legal compulsion | 
      
        |  | for the release, except as described in Subsections (b) and (c). | 
      
        |  | (b)  The attorney general may not release or disclose | 
      
        |  | information that is obtained in response to a demand or any | 
      
        |  | documentary material, product of discovery, or other record derived | 
      
        |  | from the information except: | 
      
        |  | (1)  by court order for good cause shown; | 
      
        |  | (2)  with the consent of the person who provided the | 
      
        |  | information to the attorney general; | 
      
        |  | (3)  to an employee or other person under the direction | 
      
        |  | of the attorney general; | 
      
        |  | (4)  to an agency of this state, the United States, or | 
      
        |  | another state or foreign country; | 
      
        |  | (5)  to any party or person in accordance with Sections | 
      
        |  | 140A.107 and 140A.108; | 
      
        |  | (6)  to a political subdivision of this state; or | 
      
        |  | (7)  to a person authorized by the attorney general to | 
      
        |  | receive the information. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The attorney general may use information obtained in | 
      
        |  | response to a demand, or any documentary material, product of | 
      
        |  | discovery, or other record derived or created from the information | 
      
        |  | as the attorney general determines necessary in the enforcement of | 
      
        |  | this chapter, including presentation before  court. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.063.  JURISDICTION.  If a petition is filed in the | 
      
        |  | district court in any county, the court has jurisdiction to hear and | 
      
        |  | determine the matter presented and to enter any order required to | 
      
        |  | implement this chapter.  Any final order is subject to appeal. | 
      
        |  | Failure to comply with any final order entered by a court under this | 
      
        |  | chapter is punishable by the court as contempt of the order. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.064.  NONEXCLUSIVE PROCEDURES.  Nothing in this | 
      
        |  | chapter precludes the attorney general from using any procedure not | 
      
        |  | specified in this chapter in conducting a racketeering | 
      
        |  | investigation. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 5.  Chapter 140A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, | 
      
        |  | is amended by adding Subchapter C and adding a subchapter heading to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | SUBCHAPTER C.  ENFORCEMENT | 
      
        |  | SECTION 6.  Sections 140A.003 through 140A.013, Civil | 
      
        |  | Practice and Remedies Code, are transferred to Subchapter C, | 
      
        |  | Chapter 140A, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, as added by this | 
      
        |  | Act, redesignated as Sections 140A.101 through 140A.111, Civil | 
      
        |  | Practice and Remedies Code, and amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.101 [ 140A.003].  SUIT TO ABATE RACKETEERING.  (a) | 
      
        |  | The attorney general may bring suit in the name of the state against | 
      
        |  | a person or enterprise for racketeering and may seek civil | 
      
        |  | penalties, costs, reasonable attorney's fees, and appropriate | 
      
        |  | injunctive relief. | 
      
        |  | (b)  This chapter does not authorize suit by a person or | 
      
        |  | enterprise that sustains injury as a result of racketeering. | 
      
        |  | (c)  A suit under this chapter must be brought in a district | 
      
        |  | court in a county in which all or part of the alleged racketeering | 
      
        |  | offense giving rise to the suit occurred. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.102 [ 140A.004].  INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; OTHER | 
      
        |  | REMEDIES.  (a)  A court in which a proceeding is brought under this | 
      
        |  | chapter may prevent, restrain, and remedy racketeering by issuing | 
      
        |  | appropriate orders.  The orders may include a temporary restraining | 
      
        |  | order, a temporary or permanent injunction, the creation of a | 
      
        |  | receivership, and the enforcement of a constructive trust in | 
      
        |  | connection with any property or other interest, prejudgment writs | 
      
        |  | of attachment under Chapter 61 for the purposes of freezing, | 
      
        |  | preserving, and disgorging assets, or another order for a remedy or | 
      
        |  | restraint the court considers proper. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Following a final determination of liability under this | 
      
        |  | chapter, the court may issue an appropriate order, including an | 
      
        |  | order that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  requires a person to divest any direct or indirect | 
      
        |  | interest in an enterprise; | 
      
        |  | (2)  imposes reasonable restrictions on the future | 
      
        |  | activities or investments of a person that affect the laws of this | 
      
        |  | state, including prohibiting a person from engaging in the type of | 
      
        |  | endeavor or enterprise that gave rise to the racketeering offense, | 
      
        |  | to the extent permitted by the constitutions of this state and the | 
      
        |  | United States; | 
      
        |  | (3)  requires the dissolution or reorganization of an | 
      
        |  | enterprise involved in the suit; | 
      
        |  | (4)  orders the recovery of reasonable fees, expenses, | 
      
        |  | and costs incurred in obtaining injunctive relief or civil remedies | 
      
        |  | or in conducting investigations under this chapter, including court | 
      
        |  | costs, investigation costs, attorney's fees, witness fees, and | 
      
        |  | deposition fees; | 
      
        |  | (5)  orders payment to the state of an amount equal to: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the gain acquired or maintained through | 
      
        |  | racketeering; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  the amount for which a person is liable under | 
      
        |  | this chapter; | 
      
        |  | (6)  orders payment to the state of a civil penalty by a | 
      
        |  | person or enterprise found liable for racketeering, in an amount | 
      
        |  | not to exceed $250,000 for each separately alleged and proven act of | 
      
        |  | racketeering; | 
      
        |  | (7)  orders payment of damages to the state for | 
      
        |  | racketeering shown to have materially damaged the state; or | 
      
        |  | (8)  orders that property attached under Chapter 61 be | 
      
        |  | used to satisfy an award of the court, including damages, | 
      
        |  | penalties, costs, and fees. | 
      
        |  | (c)  In determining the amount of a civil penalty ordered | 
      
        |  | under Subsection (b)(6), the court shall consider: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the seriousness of the racketeering offense and | 
      
        |  | the consequent financial or personal harm to the state or to any | 
      
        |  | identified victim; [ and] | 
      
        |  | (2)  the duration of the racketeering activity; and | 
      
        |  | (3)  any other matter that justice requires. | 
      
        |  | (d)  If any property attached under Chapter 61 is not | 
      
        |  | necessary to satisfy an award of the court after a finding of | 
      
        |  | liability for racketeering of the person or enterprise having an | 
      
        |  | interest in the property, the court may order that the property be | 
      
        |  | disgorged to the state to the extent of the person's or enterprise's | 
      
        |  | interest.  To be disgorged, the property must be acquired or | 
      
        |  | maintained by the person or enterprise through racketeering. | 
      
        |  | (e)  In determining the amount of damages ordered under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (b)(7), the court shall consider: | 
      
        |  | (1)  loss of tax revenue to the state; | 
      
        |  | (2)  unpaid state unemployment taxes; | 
      
        |  | (3)  unpaid state licensing and regulatory fees; | 
      
        |  | (4)  medical and counseling costs incurred by the state | 
      
        |  | on behalf of any victim of the racketeering; and | 
      
        |  | (5)  other material damage caused to the state by the | 
      
        |  | racketeering. | 
      
        |  | (f)  Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, remedies | 
      
        |  | and awards ordered by a court under this chapter, including costs | 
      
        |  | and reasonable attorney's fees, may be assessed against and paid | 
      
        |  | from money or property awarded under this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (g)  This chapter is not intended to provide the exclusive | 
      
        |  | remedy for the activity addressed by this chapter.  A proceeding | 
      
        |  | under this chapter may be brought in addition to or in the | 
      
        |  | alternative of any other civil or criminal action available under | 
      
        |  | the laws of this state. | 
      
        |  | (h)  Notwithstanding any other provision in this chapter, | 
      
        |  | Articles 59.13 and 59.14, Code of Criminal Procedure, apply to a | 
      
        |  | remedy under this section. | 
      
        |  | (i)  A remedy under this section may not impair a security | 
      
        |  | interest in property subject to a bona fide lien. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.103 [ 140A.005].  CONSTRUCTIVE TRUST.  (a)  A | 
      
        |  | person or enterprise that, through racketeering, acquires property | 
      
        |  | or prevents another person from receiving property that by law is | 
      
        |  | required to be transferred or paid to that person is an involuntary | 
      
        |  | trustee.  The involuntary trustee or any other person or | 
      
        |  | enterprise, other than a bona fide purchaser for value as described | 
      
        |  | by Subsection (b), holds the property and the proceeds of the | 
      
        |  | property in constructive trust for the benefit of any person | 
      
        |  | entitled to remedies under this chapter. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A bona fide purchaser for value who was reasonably | 
      
        |  | without notice of unlawful conduct and who did not knowingly take | 
      
        |  | part in an illegal transaction is not an involuntary trustee under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (a) and is not subject to a constructive trust imposed | 
      
        |  | under this chapter. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.104 [ 140A.006].  EVIDENCE.  (a)  In a proceeding | 
      
        |  | under this chapter, the state bears the burden of proof by a | 
      
        |  | preponderance of the evidence. | 
      
        |  | (b)  A person convicted in a criminal proceeding is | 
      
        |  | precluded, in a proceeding under this chapter, from subsequently | 
      
        |  | denying the essential allegations of the criminal offense of which | 
      
        |  | the person was convicted.  For purposes of this subsection, a | 
      
        |  | verdict or a plea, including a plea of nolo contendere, is | 
      
        |  | considered a conviction. | 
      
        |  | (c)  An individual may not be held liable under this chapter | 
      
        |  | based on the conduct of another person unless the finder of fact | 
      
        |  | finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the individual | 
      
        |  | authorized, requested, commanded, participated in, ratified, or | 
      
        |  | recklessly tolerated the unlawful conduct of the other person. | 
      
        |  | (d)  An enterprise may not be held liable under this chapter | 
      
        |  | based on the conduct of an agent unless the finder of fact finds by a | 
      
        |  | preponderance of the evidence that a director or high managerial | 
      
        |  | agent performed, authorized, requested, commanded, participated | 
      
        |  | in, ratified, or recklessly tolerated the unlawful conduct of the | 
      
        |  | agent. | 
      
        |  | (e)  A bank or savings and loan association insured by the | 
      
        |  | Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation, a credit union insured by | 
      
        |  | the National Credit Union Administration, or the holder of a money | 
      
        |  | transmission license as defined by Chapter 151, Finance Code, may | 
      
        |  | not be held liable in damages or for other relief under this | 
      
        |  | chapter, unless the finder of fact finds by a preponderance of the | 
      
        |  | evidence that the person or agent acquiring or maintaining an | 
      
        |  | interest in or transporting, transacting, transferring, or | 
      
        |  | receiving the funds on behalf of another did so knowing that the | 
      
        |  | funds were the proceeds of an offense and that a director or high | 
      
        |  | managerial agent performed, authorized, requested, commanded, | 
      
        |  | participated in, ratified, or recklessly tolerated the unlawful | 
      
        |  | conduct of the person or agent. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.105 [ 140A.007].  LIMITATIONS PERIOD.  A | 
      
        |  | proceeding may be commenced under this chapter only if the | 
      
        |  | proceeding is filed on or before the seventh anniversary of the date | 
      
        |  | on which the racketeering offense was actually discovered.  This | 
      
        |  | section supersedes any conflicting provision establishing a | 
      
        |  | shorter period of limitations for the same conduct. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.106 [ 140A.008].  SPECIAL DOCKETING PROCEDURES. | 
      
        |  | The attorney general may file with the clerk of the district court | 
      
        |  | in which a proceeding is brought under this chapter a certificate | 
      
        |  | stating that the case is of special public importance.  The clerk | 
      
        |  | must immediately furnish a copy of the certificate to the | 
      
        |  | administrative judge of the district court of the county in which | 
      
        |  | the proceeding is pending.  On receiving the copy of the | 
      
        |  | certificate, the administrative judge shall immediately designate | 
      
        |  | a judge to hear and determine the proceeding.  The designated judge | 
      
        |  | shall promptly assign the proceeding for hearing, participate in | 
      
        |  | hearings, make determinations, and cause the action to be | 
      
        |  | expedited. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.107 [ 140A.009].  NOTICE TO LOCAL PROSECUTOR.  (a) | 
      
        |  | In a reasonable time before initiating suit or on initiating an | 
      
        |  | investigation on racketeering, the attorney general shall provide | 
      
        |  | notice to the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or | 
      
        |  | county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction that appears to | 
      
        |  | have primary jurisdiction over the criminal prosecution of any | 
      
        |  | target of an investigation under this chapter at the time of the | 
      
        |  | notice concerning the attorney general's intent to file suit under | 
      
        |  | this chapter or investigate racketeering, as applicable. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The notices described by Subsection (a) must describe or | 
      
        |  | otherwise identify the defendant to the suit or the suspect, as | 
      
        |  | applicable. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.108 [ 140A.010].  COOPERATION WITH LOCAL | 
      
        |  | PROSECUTOR.  (a)  A district attorney, criminal district attorney, | 
      
        |  | or county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction that receives | 
      
        |  | notice under Section 140A.107 [ 140A.009] may notify the attorney | 
      
        |  | general of a related pending criminal investigation or prosecution. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Notification to the attorney general under Subsection | 
      
        |  | (a) must be in writing and describe or otherwise identify the | 
      
        |  | defendant or suspect in the criminal investigation or proceeding. | 
      
        |  | (c)  On receipt of notice described by Subsection (a), the | 
      
        |  | attorney general shall coordinate and cooperate with the district | 
      
        |  | attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney with | 
      
        |  | felony criminal jurisdiction to ensure that the filing of a suit | 
      
        |  | under this chapter does not interfere with an ongoing criminal | 
      
        |  | investigation or prosecution.  The attorney general shall update | 
      
        |  | the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county | 
      
        |  | attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction on matters affecting the | 
      
        |  | suit or the investigation. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.109 [ 140A.011].  ABATEMENT OF SUIT.  If the | 
      
        |  | district attorney, criminal district attorney, or county attorney | 
      
        |  | with felony criminal jurisdiction determines that a suit brought | 
      
        |  | under this chapter would interfere with an ongoing criminal | 
      
        |  | investigation or prosecution after notifying the attorney general | 
      
        |  | of the investigation or prosecution under Section 140A.108 | 
      
        |  | [ 140A.010], the district attorney, criminal district attorney, or | 
      
        |  | county attorney with felony criminal jurisdiction may request, in | 
      
        |  | writing, that the attorney general abate the suit.  On receipt of | 
      
        |  | this request, the attorney general shall abate the suit. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.110 [ 140A.012].  DISPOSITION OF ASSETS.  (a)  An | 
      
        |  | award issued in an action brought under this chapter must be paid in | 
      
        |  | accordance with this section. | 
      
        |  | (b)  After a deduction of any costs of suit, including | 
      
        |  | reasonable attorney's fees and court costs, 80 percent of the | 
      
        |  | amount of the award remaining must be paid to the state, and the | 
      
        |  | remaining 20 percent must be paid, on a pro rata basis, to each law | 
      
        |  | enforcement agency, district attorney's office, criminal district | 
      
        |  | attorney's office, and office of a county attorney with felony | 
      
        |  | criminal jurisdiction found by the court to have assisted in the | 
      
        |  | suit. | 
      
        |  | (c)  The first $10 million, after any costs of suit described | 
      
        |  | by Subsection (b), that is paid to the state under this chapter in a | 
      
        |  | fiscal year shall be dedicated to the compensation to victims of | 
      
        |  | crime fund described by Article 56.54, Code of Criminal Procedure. | 
      
        |  | Sec. 140A.111 [ 140A.013].  PREVIOUSLY SEIZED ASSETS. | 
      
        |  | Notwithstanding another provision of this chapter, no remedies | 
      
        |  | provided by this chapter may be assessed against proceeds, | 
      
        |  | contraband, or other property over which a law enforcement agency | 
      
        |  | has previously asserted jurisdiction under Chapter 59, Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure, at the time a suit under this chapter was filed. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 7.  Article 45.0216(f), Code of Criminal Procedure, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (f)  The court shall order the conviction, together with all | 
      
        |  | complaints, verdicts, sentences, and prosecutorial and law | 
      
        |  | enforcement records, and any other documents relating to the | 
      
        |  | offense, expunged from the person's record if the court finds that: | 
      
        |  | (1)  for a person applying for the expunction of a | 
      
        |  | conviction for an offense described by Section 8.07(a)(4) or (5), | 
      
        |  | Penal Code, the person was not convicted of any other offense | 
      
        |  | described by Section 8.07(a)(4) or (5), Penal Code, while the | 
      
        |  | person was a child; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  for a person applying for the expunction of a | 
      
        |  | conviction for an offense described by Section 43.261, Penal Code, | 
      
        |  | the person was not found to have engaged in conduct indicating a | 
      
        |  | need for supervision described by Section 51.03(b)(6) | 
      
        |  | [ 51.03(b)(7)], Family Code, while the person was a child. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 8.  Article 56.32(a)(9), Code of Criminal Procedure, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (9)  "Pecuniary loss" means the amount of expense | 
      
        |  | reasonably and necessarily incurred as a result of personal injury | 
      
        |  | or death for: | 
      
        |  | (A)  medical, hospital, nursing, or psychiatric | 
      
        |  | care or counseling, or physical therapy; | 
      
        |  | (B)  actual loss of past earnings and anticipated | 
      
        |  | loss of future earnings and necessary travel expenses because of: | 
      
        |  | (i)  a disability resulting from the | 
      
        |  | personal injury; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  the receipt of medically indicated | 
      
        |  | services related to the disability resulting from the personal | 
      
        |  | injury; or | 
      
        |  | (iii)  participation in or attendance at | 
      
        |  | investigative, prosecutorial, or judicial processes related to the | 
      
        |  | criminally injurious conduct and participation in or attendance at | 
      
        |  | any postconviction or postadjudication proceeding relating to | 
      
        |  | criminally injurious conduct; | 
      
        |  | (C)  care of a child or dependent, including | 
      
        |  | specialized care for a child who is a victim; | 
      
        |  | (D)  funeral and burial expenses, including, for | 
      
        |  | an immediate family member or household member of the victim, the | 
      
        |  | necessary expenses of traveling to and attending the funeral; | 
      
        |  | (E)  loss of support to a dependent, consistent | 
      
        |  | with Article 56.41(b)(5); | 
      
        |  | (F)  reasonable and necessary costs of cleaning | 
      
        |  | the crime scene; | 
      
        |  | (G)  reasonable replacement costs for clothing, | 
      
        |  | bedding, or property of the victim seized as evidence or rendered | 
      
        |  | unusable as a result of the criminal investigation; | 
      
        |  | (H)  reasonable and necessary costs for | 
      
        |  | relocation and housing rental assistance payments as provided by | 
      
        |  | Article 56.42(d); | 
      
        |  | (I)  for an immediate family member or household | 
      
        |  | member of a deceased victim, bereavement leave of not more than 10 | 
      
        |  | work days; and | 
      
        |  | (J)  reasonable and necessary costs of traveling | 
      
        |  | to and from a place of execution for the purpose of witnessing the | 
      
        |  | execution, including one night's lodging near the place at which | 
      
        |  | the execution is conducted. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 9.  Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (5)  "Reportable conviction or adjudication" means a | 
      
        |  | conviction or adjudication, including an adjudication of | 
      
        |  | delinquent conduct or a deferred adjudication, that, regardless of | 
      
        |  | the pendency of an appeal, is a conviction for or an adjudication | 
      
        |  | for or based on: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a violation of Section 21.02 (Continuous | 
      
        |  | sexual abuse of young child or children), 21.11 (Indecency with a | 
      
        |  | child), 22.011 (Sexual assault), 22.021 (Aggravated sexual | 
      
        |  | assault), or 25.02 (Prohibited sexual conduct), Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (B)  a violation of Section 43.05 (Compelling | 
      
        |  | prostitution), 43.25 (Sexual performance by a child), or 43.26 | 
      
        |  | (Possession or promotion of child pornography), Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (B-1)  a violation of Section 43.02 | 
      
        |  | (Prostitution), Penal Code, if the offense is punishable under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (c-1)(3) [ (c)(3)] of that section; | 
      
        |  | (C)  a violation of Section 20.04(a)(4) | 
      
        |  | (Aggravated kidnapping), Penal Code, if the actor committed the | 
      
        |  | offense or engaged in the conduct with intent to violate or abuse | 
      
        |  | the victim sexually; | 
      
        |  | (D)  a violation of Section 30.02 (Burglary), | 
      
        |  | Penal Code, if the offense or conduct is punishable under | 
      
        |  | Subsection (d) of that section and the actor committed the offense | 
      
        |  | or engaged in the conduct with intent to commit a felony listed in | 
      
        |  | Paragraph (A) or (C); | 
      
        |  | (E)  a violation of Section 20.02 (Unlawful | 
      
        |  | restraint), 20.03 (Kidnapping), or 20.04 (Aggravated kidnapping), | 
      
        |  | Penal Code, if, as applicable: | 
      
        |  | (i)  the judgment in the case contains an | 
      
        |  | affirmative finding under Article 42.015; or | 
      
        |  | (ii)  the order in the hearing or the papers | 
      
        |  | in the case contain an affirmative finding that the victim or | 
      
        |  | intended victim was younger than 17 years of age; | 
      
        |  | (F)  the second violation of Section 21.08 | 
      
        |  | (Indecent exposure), Penal Code, but not if the second violation | 
      
        |  | results in a deferred adjudication; | 
      
        |  | (G)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation, as | 
      
        |  | defined by Chapter 15, Penal Code, to commit an offense or engage in | 
      
        |  | conduct listed in Paragraph (A), (B), (C), (D), (E), [ or] (K), or | 
      
        |  | (L); | 
      
        |  | (H)  a violation of the laws of another state, | 
      
        |  | federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform Code of | 
      
        |  | Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense | 
      
        |  | containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements | 
      
        |  | of an offense listed under Paragraph (A), (B), (B-1), (C), (D), (E), | 
      
        |  | (G), (J), [ or] (K), or (L), but not if the violation results in a | 
      
        |  | deferred adjudication; | 
      
        |  | (I)  the second violation of the laws of another | 
      
        |  | state, federal law, the laws of a foreign country, or the Uniform | 
      
        |  | Code of Military Justice for or based on the violation of an offense | 
      
        |  | containing elements that are substantially similar to the elements | 
      
        |  | of the offense of indecent exposure, but not if the second violation | 
      
        |  | results in a deferred adjudication; | 
      
        |  | (J)  a violation of Section 33.021 (Online | 
      
        |  | solicitation of a minor), Penal Code; [ or] | 
      
        |  | (K)  a violation of Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), | 
      
        |  | (7), or (8) (Trafficking of persons), Penal Code; or | 
      
        |  | (L)  a violation of Section 20A.03 (Continuous | 
      
        |  | trafficking of persons), Penal Code, if the offense is based partly | 
      
        |  | or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under Section | 
      
        |  | 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 10.  Article 62.101(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, | 
      
        |  | is amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) and Subchapter I, | 
      
        |  | the duty to register for a person ends when the person dies if the | 
      
        |  | person has a reportable conviction or adjudication, other than an | 
      
        |  | adjudication of delinquent conduct, for: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a sexually violent offense; | 
      
        |  | (2)  an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), | 
      
        |  | or (8), 25.02, 43.05(a)(2), or 43.26, Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (3)  an offense under Section 20A.03, Penal Code, if | 
      
        |  | based partly or wholly on conduct that constitutes an offense under | 
      
        |  | Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) of that code; | 
      
        |  | (4)  an offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code, | 
      
        |  | if before or after the person is convicted or adjudicated for the | 
      
        |  | offense under Section 21.11(a)(2), Penal Code, the person receives | 
      
        |  | or has received another reportable conviction or adjudication, | 
      
        |  | other than an adjudication of delinquent conduct, for an offense or | 
      
        |  | conduct that requires registration under this chapter; | 
      
        |  | (5) [ (4)]  an offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or | 
      
        |  | 20.04, Penal Code, if: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the judgment in the case contains an | 
      
        |  | affirmative finding under Article 42.015 or, for a deferred | 
      
        |  | adjudication, the papers in the case contain an affirmative finding | 
      
        |  | that the victim or intended victim was younger than 17 years of age; | 
      
        |  | and | 
      
        |  | (B)  before or after the person is convicted or | 
      
        |  | adjudicated for the offense under Section 20.02, 20.03, or 20.04, | 
      
        |  | Penal Code, the person receives or has received another reportable | 
      
        |  | conviction or adjudication, other than an adjudication of | 
      
        |  | delinquent conduct, for an offense or conduct that requires | 
      
        |  | registration under this chapter; or | 
      
        |  | (6) [ (5)]  an offense under Section 43.23, Penal Code, | 
      
        |  | that is punishable under Subsection (h) of that section. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 11.  Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended by adding Section 130.0105 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 130.0105.  COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING | 
      
        |  | PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The Texas Higher | 
      
        |  | Education Coordinating Board by rule shall require each public | 
      
        |  | junior college offering a commercial driver's license training | 
      
        |  | program to include as a part of that program education and training | 
      
        |  | on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in | 
      
        |  | collaboration with the office of the attorney general, shall | 
      
        |  | establish the content of the education and training required by | 
      
        |  | this section. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 12.  Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended by adding Section 132.006 to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | Sec. 132.006.  COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING | 
      
        |  | PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS.  (a)  The commission by | 
      
        |  | rule shall require each career school or college offering a | 
      
        |  | commercial driver's license training program to include as a part | 
      
        |  | of that program education and training on the recognition and | 
      
        |  | prevention of human trafficking. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The commission, in collaboration with the office of the | 
      
        |  | attorney general, shall establish the content of the education and | 
      
        |  | training required by this section. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 13.  Section 51.03(b), Family Code, as amended by | 
      
        |  | Chapters 935 (H.B. 2398), 944 (S.B. 206), and 1273 (S.B. 825), Acts | 
      
        |  | of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted and | 
      
        |  | 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 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; | 
      
        |  | (3)  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; | 
      
        |  | (4)  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; | 
      
        |  | (5) [ (6)]  notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct | 
      
        |  | described by Section 43.02(a) or (b), Penal Code; or | 
      
        |  | (6) [ (7)]  notwithstanding Subsection (a)(1), conduct | 
      
        |  | that violates Section 43.261, Penal Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 14.  Section 51.13(e), Family Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (e)  A finding that a child engaged in conduct indicating a | 
      
        |  | need for supervision as described by Section 51.03(b)(6) | 
      
        |  | [ 51.03(b)(7)] is a conviction only for the purposes of Sections | 
      
        |  | 43.261(c) and (d), Penal Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 15.  Section 54.0404(a), Family Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  If a child is found to have engaged in conduct | 
      
        |  | indicating a need for supervision described by Section 51.03(b)(6) | 
      
        |  | [ 51.03(b)(7)], the juvenile court may enter an order requiring the | 
      
        |  | child to attend and successfully complete an educational program | 
      
        |  | described by Section 37.218, Education Code, or another equivalent | 
      
        |  | educational program. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 16.  Section 58.003(c-3), Family Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c-3)  Notwithstanding Subsections (a) and (c) and subject | 
      
        |  | to Subsection (b), a juvenile court, on the court's own motion and | 
      
        |  | without a hearing, shall order the sealing of records concerning a | 
      
        |  | child found to have engaged in conduct indicating a need for | 
      
        |  | supervision described by Section 51.03(b)(5) [ 51.03(b)(6)] or | 
      
        |  | taken into custody to determine whether the child engaged in | 
      
        |  | conduct indicating a need for supervision described by Section | 
      
        |  | 51.03(b)(5) [ 51.03(b)(6)].  This subsection applies only to | 
      
        |  | records related to conduct indicating a need for supervision | 
      
        |  | described by Section 51.03(b)(5) [ 51.03(b)(6)]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 17.  Section 23.101(a), Government Code, is amended | 
      
        |  | to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The trial courts of this state shall regularly and | 
      
        |  | frequently set hearings and trials of pending matters, giving | 
      
        |  | preference to hearings and trials of the following: | 
      
        |  | (1)  temporary injunctions; | 
      
        |  | (2)  criminal actions, with the following actions given | 
      
        |  | preference over other criminal actions: | 
      
        |  | (A)  criminal actions against defendants who are | 
      
        |  | detained in jail pending trial; | 
      
        |  | (B)  criminal actions involving a charge that a | 
      
        |  | person committed an act of family violence, as defined by Section | 
      
        |  | 71.004, Family Code; | 
      
        |  | (C)  an offense under: | 
      
        |  | (i)  Section 21.02 or 21.11, Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  Chapter 22, Penal Code, if the victim | 
      
        |  | of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age; | 
      
        |  | (iii)  Section 25.02, Penal Code, if the | 
      
        |  | victim of the alleged offense is younger than 17 years of age; | 
      
        |  | (iv)  Section 25.06, Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (v)  Section 43.25, Penal Code; or | 
      
        |  | (vi)  Section 20A.02(a)(7), 20A.02(a)(8), | 
      
        |  | or 20A.03, Penal Code; | 
      
        |  | (D)  an offense described by Article 62.001(6)(C) | 
      
        |  | or (D), Code of Criminal Procedure; and | 
      
        |  | (E)  criminal actions against persons who are | 
      
        |  | detained as provided by Section 51.12, Family Code, after transfer | 
      
        |  | for prosecution in criminal court under Section 54.02, Family Code; | 
      
        |  | (3)  election contests and suits under the Election | 
      
        |  | Code; | 
      
        |  | (4)  orders for the protection of the family under | 
      
        |  | Subtitle B, Title 4, Family Code; | 
      
        |  | (5)  appeals of final rulings and decisions of the | 
      
        |  | division of workers' compensation of the Texas Department of | 
      
        |  | Insurance regarding workers' compensation claims and claims under | 
      
        |  | the Federal Employers' Liability Act and the Jones Act; | 
      
        |  | (6)  appeals of final orders of the commissioner of the | 
      
        |  | General Land Office under Section 51.3021, Natural Resources Code; | 
      
        |  | (7)  actions in which the claimant has been diagnosed | 
      
        |  | with malignant mesothelioma, other malignant asbestos-related | 
      
        |  | cancer, malignant silica-related cancer, or acute silicosis; and | 
      
        |  | (8)  appeals brought under Section 42.01 or 42.015, Tax | 
      
        |  | Code, of orders of appraisal review boards of appraisal districts | 
      
        |  | established for counties with a population of less than 175,000. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 18.  Section 126.002(a), Government Code, as | 
      
        |  | transferred and redesignated from Section 169A.002, Health and | 
      
        |  | Safety Code, by Chapters 604 (S.B. 536) and 1236 (S.B. 1296), Acts | 
      
        |  | of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and as amended by | 
      
        |  | Chapters 604 (S.B. 536) and 1273 (S.B. 825), Acts of the 84th | 
      
        |  | Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted to read as | 
      
        |  | follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  The commissioners court of a county or governing body of | 
      
        |  | a municipality may establish a commercially sexually exploited | 
      
        |  | persons court program for defendants charged with an offense under | 
      
        |  | Section 43.02(a), Penal Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 19.  Section 402.035(c), Government Code, as amended | 
      
        |  | by Chapters 146 (H.B. 188), 332 (H.B. 10), and 734 (H.B. 1549), Acts | 
      
        |  | of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted and | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  The task force is composed of the following: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the governor or the governor's designee; | 
      
        |  | (2)  the attorney general or the attorney general's | 
      
        |  | designee; | 
      
        |  | (3)  the executive commissioner of the Health and Human | 
      
        |  | Services Commission or the executive commissioner's designee; | 
      
        |  | (4)  the commissioner of the Department of Family and | 
      
        |  | Protective Services or the commissioner's designee; | 
      
        |  | (5)  the commissioner of the Department of State Health | 
      
        |  | Services or the commissioner's designee; | 
      
        |  | (6)  the public safety director of the Department of | 
      
        |  | Public Safety or the director's designee; | 
      
        |  | (7)  one representative from each of the following | 
      
        |  | state agencies, appointed by the chief administrative officer of | 
      
        |  | the respective agency: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the Texas Workforce Commission; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; | 
      
        |  | (C)  the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; | 
      
        |  | (D)  the Texas Education Agency; | 
      
        |  | (E) [ (D)]  the Texas Alcoholic Beverage | 
      
        |  | Commission; | 
      
        |  | (F)  the [ Texas] Parks and Wildlife Department; | 
      
        |  | [ and] | 
      
        |  | (G)  the Supreme Court of Texas Permanent Judicial | 
      
        |  | Commission for Children, Youth and Families; | 
      
        |  | (H)  the Texas Department of Licensing and | 
      
        |  | Regulation; | 
      
        |  | (I)  the Office of Court Administration of the | 
      
        |  | Texas Judicial System; | 
      
        |  | (J)  the office of the secretary of state; and | 
      
        |  | (K)  the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement; and | 
      
        |  | (8)  as appointed by the attorney general: | 
      
        |  | (A)  a chief public defender employed by a public | 
      
        |  | defender's office, as defined by Article 26.044(a), Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure, or an attorney designated by the chief public | 
      
        |  | defender; | 
      
        |  | (B)  an attorney representing the state; | 
      
        |  | (C)  a representative of: | 
      
        |  | (i)  a hotel and motel association; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  a district and county attorneys | 
      
        |  | association; | 
      
        |  | (iii)  a state police association; and | 
      
        |  | (iv)  a statewide medical association; | 
      
        |  | (D)  representatives of sheriff's departments; | 
      
        |  | (E)  representatives of local law enforcement | 
      
        |  | agencies affected by human trafficking; and | 
      
        |  | (F)  representatives of nongovernmental entities | 
      
        |  | making comprehensive efforts to combat human trafficking by: | 
      
        |  | (i)  identifying human trafficking victims; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  providing legal or other services to | 
      
        |  | human trafficking victims; | 
      
        |  | (iii)  participating in community outreach | 
      
        |  | or public awareness efforts regarding human trafficking; | 
      
        |  | (iv)  providing or developing training | 
      
        |  | regarding the prevention of human trafficking; or | 
      
        |  | (v)  engaging in other activities designed | 
      
        |  | to prevent human trafficking. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 20.  Section 402.035(d), Government Code, as amended | 
      
        |  | by Chapters 146 (H.B. 188) and 332 (H.B. 10), Acts of the 84th | 
      
        |  | Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is reenacted and amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  The task force shall: | 
      
        |  | (1)  collaborate, as needed to fulfill the duties of | 
      
        |  | the task force, with: | 
      
        |  | (A)  United States attorneys' offices [ Attorneys'  | 
      
        |  | Offices] for all of the federal districts of Texas; and | 
      
        |  | (B)  special agents or customs and border | 
      
        |  | protection officers and border patrol agents of: | 
      
        |  | (i)  the Federal Bureau of Investigation; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  the United States Drug Enforcement | 
      
        |  | Administration; | 
      
        |  | (iii)  the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, | 
      
        |  | Firearms and Explosives; | 
      
        |  | (iv)  United States Immigration and Customs | 
      
        |  | Enforcement; or | 
      
        |  | (v)  the United States Department of | 
      
        |  | Homeland Security; | 
      
        |  | (2)  collect, organize, and periodically publish | 
      
        |  | statistical data on the nature and extent of human trafficking in | 
      
        |  | this state, including data described by Subdivisions (4)(A), (B), | 
      
        |  | (C), (D), and (E); | 
      
        |  | (3)  solicit cooperation and assistance from state and | 
      
        |  | local governmental agencies, political subdivisions of the state, | 
      
        |  | nongovernmental organizations, and other persons, as appropriate, | 
      
        |  | for the purpose of collecting and organizing statistical data under | 
      
        |  | Subdivision (2); | 
      
        |  | (4)  ensure that each state or local governmental | 
      
        |  | agency and political subdivision of the state and each state or | 
      
        |  | local law enforcement agency, district attorney, or county attorney | 
      
        |  | that assists in the prevention of human trafficking collects | 
      
        |  | statistical data related to human trafficking, including, as | 
      
        |  | appropriate: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the number of investigations concerning, | 
      
        |  | arrests and prosecutions for, and convictions of: | 
      
        |  | (i)  the offense of trafficking of persons; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  the offense of forgery or an offense | 
      
        |  | under Chapter 43, Penal Code, if the offense was committed as part | 
      
        |  | of a criminal episode involving the trafficking of persons; and | 
      
        |  | (iii)  an offense punishable under Section | 
      
        |  | 43.02(c-1)(3) [ 43.02(c)(3)], Penal Code, regardless of whether the | 
      
        |  | offense was committed as part of a criminal episode involving the | 
      
        |  | trafficking of persons; | 
      
        |  | (B)  demographic information on persons who are | 
      
        |  | convicted of offenses described by Paragraph (A) and persons who | 
      
        |  | are the victims of those offenses; | 
      
        |  | (C)  geographic routes by which human trafficking | 
      
        |  | victims are trafficked, including routes by which victims are | 
      
        |  | trafficked across this state's international border, and | 
      
        |  | geographic patterns in human trafficking, including the country or | 
      
        |  | state of origin and the country or state of destination; | 
      
        |  | (D)  means of transportation and methods used by | 
      
        |  | persons who engage in trafficking to transport their victims; and | 
      
        |  | (E)  social and economic factors that create a | 
      
        |  | demand for the labor or services that victims of human trafficking | 
      
        |  | are forced to provide; | 
      
        |  | (5)  work with the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement | 
      
        |  | to develop and conduct training for law enforcement personnel, | 
      
        |  | victim service providers, and medical service providers to identify | 
      
        |  | victims of human trafficking; | 
      
        |  | (6)  work with the Texas Education Agency, the | 
      
        |  | Department of Family and Protective Services, and the Health and | 
      
        |  | Human Services Commission to: | 
      
        |  | (A)  develop a list of key indicators that a | 
      
        |  | person is a victim of human trafficking; | 
      
        |  | (B)  develop a standardized curriculum for | 
      
        |  | training doctors, nurses, emergency medical services personnel, | 
      
        |  | teachers, school counselors, school administrators, and personnel | 
      
        |  | from the Department of Family and Protective Services and the | 
      
        |  | Health and Human Services Commission to identify and assist victims | 
      
        |  | of human trafficking; | 
      
        |  | (C)  train doctors, nurses, emergency medical | 
      
        |  | services personnel, teachers, school counselors, school | 
      
        |  | administrators, and personnel from the Department of Family and | 
      
        |  | Protective Services and the Health and Human Services Commission to | 
      
        |  | identify and assist victims of human trafficking; | 
      
        |  | (D)  develop and conduct training for personnel | 
      
        |  | from the Department of Family and Protective Services and the | 
      
        |  | Health and Human Services Commission on methods for identifying | 
      
        |  | children in foster care who may be at risk of becoming victims of | 
      
        |  | human trafficking; and | 
      
        |  | (E)  develop a process for referring identified | 
      
        |  | human trafficking victims and individuals at risk of becoming | 
      
        |  | victims to appropriate entities for services; | 
      
        |  | (7)  on the request of a judge of a county court, county | 
      
        |  | court at law, or district court or a county attorney, district | 
      
        |  | attorney, or criminal district attorney, assist and train the judge | 
      
        |  | or the judge's staff or the attorney or the attorney's staff in the | 
      
        |  | recognition and prevention of human trafficking; | 
      
        |  | (8)  examine training protocols related to human | 
      
        |  | trafficking issues, as developed and implemented by federal, state, | 
      
        |  | and local law enforcement agencies; | 
      
        |  | (9)  collaborate with state and local governmental | 
      
        |  | agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and nongovernmental | 
      
        |  | organizations to implement a media awareness campaign in | 
      
        |  | communities affected by human trafficking; | 
      
        |  | (10)  develop recommendations on how to strengthen | 
      
        |  | state and local efforts to prevent human trafficking, protect and | 
      
        |  | assist human trafficking victims, curb markets and other economic | 
      
        |  | avenues that facilitate human trafficking and investigate and | 
      
        |  | prosecute human trafficking offenders; | 
      
        |  | (11)  examine the extent to which human trafficking is | 
      
        |  | associated with the operation of sexually oriented businesses, as | 
      
        |  | defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, and the | 
      
        |  | workplace or public health concerns that are created by the | 
      
        |  | association of human trafficking and the operation of sexually | 
      
        |  | oriented businesses; [ and] | 
      
        |  | (12)  develop recommendations for addressing the | 
      
        |  | demand for forced labor or services or sexual conduct involving | 
      
        |  | victims of human trafficking, including recommendations for | 
      
        |  | increased penalties for individuals who engage or attempt to engage | 
      
        |  | in prostitution with victims younger than 18 years of age; and | 
      
        |  | (13) [ (12)]  identify and report to the governor and | 
      
        |  | legislature on laws, licensure requirements, or other regulations | 
      
        |  | that can be passed at the state and local level to curb trafficking | 
      
        |  | using the Internet and in sexually oriented businesses. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 21.  Section 81.046(d), Health and Safety Code, is | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (d)  In a case of sexually transmitted disease involving a | 
      
        |  | minor under 14 [ 13] years of age, information may not be released, | 
      
        |  | except that the child's name, age, and address and the name of the | 
      
        |  | disease may be released to appropriate agents as required by | 
      
        |  | Chapter 261, Family Code.  This subsection does not affect a | 
      
        |  | person's duty to report child abuse or neglect under Subchapter B, | 
      
        |  | Chapter 261, Family Code, except that information made confidential | 
      
        |  | by this chapter may not be released.  If that information is | 
      
        |  | required in a court proceeding involving child abuse, the | 
      
        |  | information shall be disclosed in camera. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 22.  Section 20A.02(b), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an | 
      
        |  | offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.  An | 
      
        |  | offense under this section is a felony of the first degree if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the applicable conduct constitutes an offense | 
      
        |  | under Subsection (a)(5), (6), (7), or (8), regardless of whether | 
      
        |  | the actor knows the age of the child at the time of [ the actor  | 
      
        |  | commits] the offense; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  the commission of the offense results in the death | 
      
        |  | of the person who is trafficked. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 23.  Section 21.02(b), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  A person commits an offense if: | 
      
        |  | (1)  during a period that is 30 or more days in | 
      
        |  | duration, the person commits two or more acts of sexual abuse, | 
      
        |  | regardless of whether the acts of sexual abuse are committed | 
      
        |  | against one or more victims; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  at the time of the commission of each of the acts | 
      
        |  | of sexual abuse, the actor is 17 years of age or older and the victim | 
      
        |  | is a child younger than 14 years of age, regardless of whether the | 
      
        |  | actor knows the age of the victim at the time of the offense. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 24.  Section 21.11(a), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A person commits an offense if, with a child younger | 
      
        |  | than 17 years of age, whether the child is of the same or opposite | 
      
        |  | sex and regardless of whether the person knows the age of the child | 
      
        |  | at the time of the offense, the person: | 
      
        |  | (1)  engages in sexual contact with the child or causes | 
      
        |  | the child to engage in sexual contact; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire | 
      
        |  | of any person: | 
      
        |  | (A)  exposes the person's anus or any part of the | 
      
        |  | person's genitals, knowing the child is present; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  causes the child to expose the child's anus | 
      
        |  | or any part of the child's genitals. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 25.  Section 22.011(a), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A person commits an offense if [ the person]: | 
      
        |  | (1)  the person intentionally or knowingly: | 
      
        |  | (A)  causes the penetration of the anus or sexual | 
      
        |  | organ of another person by any means, without that person's | 
      
        |  | consent; | 
      
        |  | (B)  causes the penetration of the mouth of | 
      
        |  | another person by the sexual organ of the actor, without that | 
      
        |  | person's consent; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  causes the sexual organ of another person, | 
      
        |  | without that person's consent, to contact or penetrate the mouth, | 
      
        |  | anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  regardless of whether the person knows the age of | 
      
        |  | the child at the time of the offense, the person intentionally or | 
      
        |  | knowingly: | 
      
        |  | (A)  causes the penetration of the anus or sexual | 
      
        |  | organ of a child by any means; | 
      
        |  | (B)  causes the penetration of the mouth of a | 
      
        |  | child by the sexual organ of the actor; | 
      
        |  | (C)  causes the sexual organ of a child to contact | 
      
        |  | or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, | 
      
        |  | including the actor; | 
      
        |  | (D)  causes the anus of a child to contact the | 
      
        |  | mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the | 
      
        |  | actor; or | 
      
        |  | (E)  causes the mouth of a child to contact the | 
      
        |  | anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 26.  Section 22.021(a), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A person commits an offense: | 
      
        |  | (1)  if the person: | 
      
        |  | (A)  intentionally or knowingly: | 
      
        |  | (i)  causes the penetration of the anus or | 
      
        |  | sexual organ of another person by any means, without that person's | 
      
        |  | consent; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  causes the penetration of the mouth of | 
      
        |  | another person by the sexual organ of the actor, without that | 
      
        |  | person's consent; or | 
      
        |  | (iii)  causes the sexual organ of another | 
      
        |  | person, without that person's consent, to contact or penetrate the | 
      
        |  | mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the | 
      
        |  | actor; or | 
      
        |  | (B)  regardless of whether the person knows the | 
      
        |  | age of the child at the time of the offense, intentionally or | 
      
        |  | knowingly: | 
      
        |  | (i)  causes the penetration of the anus or | 
      
        |  | sexual organ of a child by any means; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  causes the penetration of the mouth of | 
      
        |  | a child by the sexual organ of the actor; | 
      
        |  | (iii)  causes the sexual organ of a child to | 
      
        |  | contact or penetrate the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another | 
      
        |  | person, including the actor; | 
      
        |  | (iv)  causes the anus of a child to contact | 
      
        |  | the mouth, anus, or sexual organ of another person, including the | 
      
        |  | actor; or | 
      
        |  | (v)  causes the mouth of a child to contact | 
      
        |  | the anus or sexual organ of another person, including the actor; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  if: | 
      
        |  | (A)  the person: | 
      
        |  | (i)  causes serious bodily injury or | 
      
        |  | attempts to cause the death of the victim or another person in the | 
      
        |  | course of the same criminal episode; | 
      
        |  | (ii)  by acts or words places the victim in | 
      
        |  | fear that any person will become the victim of an offense under | 
      
        |  | Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or that death, serious | 
      
        |  | bodily injury, or kidnapping will be imminently inflicted on any | 
      
        |  | person; | 
      
        |  | (iii)  by acts or words occurring in the | 
      
        |  | presence of the victim threatens to cause any person to become the | 
      
        |  | victim of an offense under Section 20A.02(a)(3), (4), (7), or (8) or | 
      
        |  | to cause the death, serious bodily injury, or kidnapping of any | 
      
        |  | person; | 
      
        |  | (iv)  uses or exhibits a deadly weapon in the | 
      
        |  | course of the same criminal episode; | 
      
        |  | (v)  acts in concert with another who | 
      
        |  | engages in conduct described by Subdivision (1) directed toward the | 
      
        |  | same victim and occurring during the course of the same criminal | 
      
        |  | episode; or | 
      
        |  | (vi)  administers or provides | 
      
        |  | flunitrazepam, otherwise known as rohypnol, gamma hydroxybutyrate, | 
      
        |  | or ketamine to the victim of the offense with the intent of | 
      
        |  | facilitating the commission of the offense; | 
      
        |  | (B)  the victim is younger than 14 years of age, | 
      
        |  | regardless of whether the person knows the age of the victim at the | 
      
        |  | time of the offense; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  the victim is an elderly individual or a | 
      
        |  | disabled individual. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 27.  Section 43.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding | 
      
        |  | Subdivision (1-a) to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (1-a)  "Fee" means the payment or offer of payment in | 
      
        |  | the form of money, goods, services, or other benefit. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 28.  Sections 43.02(a) and (b), Penal Code, are | 
      
        |  | amended to read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A person commits an offense if[ , in return for receipt  | 
      
        |  | of a fee,] the person knowingly offers or agrees to receive a fee | 
      
        |  | from another to engage in sexual conduct[ : | 
      
        |  | [ (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)  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 offers or agrees to pay a fee to another person for | 
      
        |  | the purpose of engaging in sexual conduct with that person or | 
      
        |  | another[ : | 
      
        |  | [ (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]. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 29.  Section 43.02, Penal Code, as amended by | 
      
        |  | Chapters 332 (H.B. 10) and 1273 (S.B. 825), Acts of the 84th | 
      
        |  | Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended by reenacting | 
      
        |  | Subsection (c) and reenacting and amending Subsection (c-1) to read | 
      
        |  | as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  An offense under Subsection (a) 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 Subsection (a); | 
      
        |  | or | 
      
        |  | (2)  a state jail felony if the actor has previously | 
      
        |  | been convicted three or more times of an offense under Subsection | 
      
        |  | (a). | 
      
        |  | (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 Subsection (b); | 
      
        |  | (2)  a state jail felony if the actor has previously | 
      
        |  | been convicted three or more times of an offense under Subsection | 
      
        |  | (b); or | 
      
        |  | (3)  a felony of the second degree if the person with | 
      
        |  | whom the actor agrees to engage in sexual conduct [ solicited] is: | 
      
        |  | (A)  younger than 18 years of age, regardless of | 
      
        |  | whether the actor knows the age of the person [ solicited] at the | 
      
        |  | time of [ the actor commits] the offense; | 
      
        |  | (B)  represented to the actor as being younger | 
      
        |  | than 18 years of age; or | 
      
        |  | (C)  believed by the actor to be younger than 18 | 
      
        |  | years of age. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 30.  Section 43.03(b), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony | 
      
        |  | [ Class A misdemeanor], except that the offense is: | 
      
        |  | (1)  a felony of the third degree [ state jail felony] if | 
      
        |  | the actor has been previously convicted of an offense under this | 
      
        |  | section; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  a felony of the second degree if the actor engages | 
      
        |  | in conduct described by Subsection (a)(1) or (2) involving a person | 
      
        |  | younger than 18 years of age engaging in prostitution, regardless | 
      
        |  | of whether the actor knows the age of the person at the time of [ the  | 
      
        |  | actor commits] the offense. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 31.  Section 43.04(b), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second | 
      
        |  | [ third] degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first | 
      
        |  | degree if the prostitution enterprise uses as a prostitute one or | 
      
        |  | more persons younger than 18 years of age, regardless of whether the | 
      
        |  | actor knows the age of the person at the time of [ the actor commits] | 
      
        |  | the offense. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 32.  Section 43.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to | 
      
        |  | read as follows: | 
      
        |  | (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: | 
      
        |  | (1)  causes another by force, threat, or fraud to | 
      
        |  | commit prostitution; or | 
      
        |  | (2)  causes by any means a child younger than 18 years | 
      
        |  | to commit prostitution, regardless of whether the actor knows the | 
      
        |  | age of the child at the time of [ the actor commits] the offense. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 33.  Section 43.25, Penal Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | amending Subsections (c) and (e) and adding Subsection (h) to read | 
      
        |  | as follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  An offense under Subsection (b) is a felony of the | 
      
        |  | second degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first | 
      
        |  | degree if the victim is younger than 14 years of age at the time the | 
      
        |  | offense is committed, regardless of whether the actor knows the age | 
      
        |  | of the victim at the time of the offense. | 
      
        |  | (e)  An offense under Subsection (d) is a felony of the third | 
      
        |  | degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if | 
      
        |  | the victim is younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense is | 
      
        |  | committed, regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the | 
      
        |  | victim at the time of the offense. | 
      
        |  | (h)  Conduct under this section constitutes an offense | 
      
        |  | regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the victim at the | 
      
        |  | time of the offense. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 34.  Section 43.251, Penal Code, is amended by | 
      
        |  | amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (d) to read as | 
      
        |  | follows: | 
      
        |  | (c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second | 
      
        |  | degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first degree if | 
      
        |  | the child is younger than 14 years of age at the time the offense is | 
      
        |  | committed, regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the | 
      
        |  | child at the time of the offense. | 
      
        |  | (d)  Conduct under this section constitutes an offense | 
      
        |  | regardless of whether the actor knows the age of the child at the | 
      
        |  | time of the offense. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 35.  The following laws are repealed: | 
      
        |  | (1)  Section 402.035(h), Government Code; and | 
      
        |  | (2)  Section 43.02(b-1), Penal Code. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 36.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b) of | 
      
        |  | this section, 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 subsection, an offense was committed before the effective date | 
      
        |  | of this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. | 
      
        |  | (b)  The changes in law made by this Act in amending Chapter | 
      
        |  | 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, apply only to a person who is | 
      
        |  | required to register under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, | 
      
        |  | on the basis of a conviction or adjudication for or based on an | 
      
        |  | offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  A | 
      
        |  | person who is required to register under Chapter 62, Code of | 
      
        |  | Criminal Procedure, solely on the basis of a conviction or | 
      
        |  | adjudication for or based on 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 subsection, an | 
      
        |  | offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any | 
      
        |  | element of the offense occurred before that date. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 37.  (a)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas | 
      
        |  | Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary to | 
      
        |  | implement Section 130.0105, Education Code, as added by this Act. | 
      
        |  | (b)  Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas Workforce | 
      
        |  | Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section | 
      
        |  | 132.006, Education Code, as added by this Act. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 38.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails | 
      
        |  | over another Act of the 85th Legislature, Regular Session, 2017, | 
      
        |  | relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted | 
      
        |  | codes. | 
      
        |  | SECTION 39.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |