85R8585 LHC-F     By: Meyer H.B. No. 2529       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a presumption that certain conduct constitutes force,   fraud, or coercion for purposes of the offense of trafficking of   persons.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 20A.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:          (a-1)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(3), it is a rebuttable   presumption that the person used force, fraud, or coercion if the   person knowingly:                (1)  destroys, conceals, confiscates, or withholds   from the trafficked person, or threatens to destroy, conceal,   confiscate, or withhold from the trafficked person, the trafficked   person's actual or purported:                      (A)  government records; or                      (B)  identifying information or documents; or                (2)  receives any form of support, whether financial or   otherwise, from the proceeds of an activity described by Subsection   (a)(3).           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 occurred before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.