89th Legislature, Regular Session
HB 4579
Relating to prosecution for the criminal offenses of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor and sexual performance by a child; increasing criminal penalties.
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89R15605 JCG-F By: Morgan H.B. No. 4579 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT relating to prosecution for the criminal offenses of sale, distribution, or display of harmful material to a minor and sexual performance by a child; increasing criminal penalties. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Sections 43.24(c), (c-1), and (d), Penal Code, are amended to read as follows: (c) It is not a [an affirmative] defense to prosecution under this section that: (1) the sale, distribution, or exhibition was by a