88R10372 EAS-D     By: Hull H.B. No. 2603       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to increasing the criminal penalty for the offense of   trafficking of persons if committed at certain locations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 20A.02(b-1), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:          (b-1)  An offense under this section is a felony of the first   degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of   Criminal Justice for life or for a term of not more than 99 years or   less than 25 years if it is shown on the trial of the offense that   the actor committed the offense in a location that was:                (1)  on the premises of or within 1,000 feet of the   premises of:                      (A)  a school;                      (B)  a juvenile detention facility;                      (C)  a post-adjudication secure correctional   facility; or                      (D)  a residential child-care facility, as   defined by Section 42.002, Human Resources Code; or                (2)  on premises or within 1,000 feet of premises   where:                      (A)  an official school function was taking place;   or                      (B)  an event sponsored or sanctioned by the   University Interscholastic League was taking place.          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, 2023.