84(R) HB 2589 - Enrolled version (original) (raw)

AN ACT

relating to the prosecution of and punishment for assaulting a

disabled individual; increasing a criminal penalty.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 22.021(b), Penal Code, is amended by

amending Subdivision (2) and adding Subdivision (3) to read as

follows:

(2) "Elderly individual" has [and "disabled

individual" have] the meaning [meanings] assigned by Section

22.04(c).

(3) "Disabled individual" means a person older than 13

years of age who by reason of age or physical or mental disease,

defect, or injury is substantially unable to protect the person's

self from harm or to provide food, shelter, or medical care for the

person's self.

SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only

to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.

An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is

governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,

and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For

purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the

effective date of this Act if any element of the offense was

committed before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.

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President of the Senate

Speaker of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2589 was passed by the House on May 4,

2015, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not

voting.

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Chief Clerk of the House

I certify that H.B. No. 2589 was passed by the Senate on May

26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

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Secretary of the Senate

APPROVED: _____________________

Date

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Governor