S.B. No. 524         AN ACT   relating to increasing the punishment for the offense of abuse of a   corpse.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 42.08(b), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony,   except that an offense under Subsection (a)(5) is a Class A   misdemeanor.          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.             ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                 I hereby certify that S.B. No. 524 passed the Senate on   April 25, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.       ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate                I hereby certify that S.B. No. 524 passed the House on   May 22, 2017, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0, three   present not voting.       ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House            Approved:     ______________________________                Date       ______________________________              Governor