88(R) HB 2187 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
 
 
  H.B.  No.  2187
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the criminal offense of abandoning or endangering a
  child, elderly individual, or disabled individual.
               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
               SECTION  1.    Section 22.041, Penal Code, is amended to read as
  follows:
               Sec.  22.041.    ABANDONING OR ENDANGERING A CHILD, ELDERLY
  INDIVIDUAL, OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL. (a) In this section:
                           (1)    "Abandon"[, "abandon"] means to leave [a child] in
  any place without providing reasonable and necessary care a [for
  the] child, elderly individual, or disabled individual under
  circumstances under which no reasonable, similarly situated person
  [adult] would leave a child or individual of that age and ability.
                           (2)    "Child,"  "elderly individual," and "disabled
  individual" have the meanings assigned by Section 22.04.
               (b)    A person commits an offense if the person, having
  custody, care, or control of a child, elderly individual, or
  disabled individual [younger than 15 years], [he] intentionally
  abandons the child or individual in any place under circumstances
  that expose the child or individual to an unreasonable risk of harm.
               (c)    A person commits an offense if the person [he]
  intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence,
  by act or omission, engages in conduct that places a child, elderly
  individual, or disabled individual [younger than 15 years] in
  imminent danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental
  impairment.
               (c-1)    For purposes of Subsection (c), it is presumed that a
  person engaged in conduct that places a child, elderly individual,
  or disabled individual in imminent danger of death, bodily injury,
  or physical or mental impairment if:
                           (1)    the person manufactured, possessed, or in any way
  introduced into the body of any person the controlled substance
  methamphetamine in the presence of the child, elderly individual,
  or disabled individual;
                           (2)    the person's conduct related to the proximity or
  accessibility of the controlled substance methamphetamine to the
  child, elderly individual, or disabled individual and an analysis
  of a specimen of the child's or individual's blood, urine, or other
  bodily substance indicates the presence of methamphetamine in the
  body of the child or individual [child's body]; or
                           (3)    the person injected, ingested, inhaled, or
  otherwise introduced a controlled substance listed in Penalty Group
  1, Section 481.102, Health and Safety Code, or Penalty Group 1-B,
  Section 481.1022, Health and Safety Code, into the human body when
  the person was not in lawful possession of the substance as defined
  by Section 481.002(24) of that code.
               (d)    Except as provided by Subsection (e), an offense under
  Subsection (b) is:
                           (1)    a state jail felony if the actor abandoned the
  child, elderly individual, or disabled individual with intent to
  return for the child or individual; or
                           (2)    a felony of the third degree if the actor abandoned
  the child, elderly individual, or disabled individual without
  intent to return for the child or individual.
               (e)    An offense under Subsection (b) is a felony of the
  second degree if the actor abandons the child, elderly individual,
  or disabled individual under circumstances that a reasonable person
  would believe would place the child or individual in imminent
  danger of death, bodily injury, or physical or mental impairment.
               (f)    An offense under Subsection (c) is a state jail felony.
               (g)    It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (c) that
  the act or omission enables the child, elderly individual, or
  disabled individual to practice for or participate in an organized
  athletic event and that appropriate safety equipment and procedures
  are employed in the event.
               (h)    It is an exception to the application of this section
  for abandoning or endangering a child  that the actor voluntarily
  delivered the child to a designated emergency infant care provider
  under Section 262.302, Family Code.
               SECTION  2.    Article 12.01, Code of Criminal Procedure

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Penal Code 22.041, Estates Code 201.062, Estates Code 1104.353, Family Code 161.001, Family Code 262.2015, Health and Safety Code 250.006, Occupations Code 301.4535 (Estates Code 1104, Health and Safety Code 250, Occupations Code 301, Family Code 262, Estates Code 201, Penal Code 22, Family Code 161)
House Committee Report: Penal Code 22.041, Estates Code 201.062, Estates Code 1104.353, Family Code 161.001, Family Code 262.2015, Health and Safety Code 250.006, Occupations Code 301.4535 (Estates Code 1104, Health and Safety Code 250, Occupations Code 301, Family Code 262, Estates Code 201, Penal Code 22, Family Code 161)
Engrossed: Penal Code 22.041, Estates Code 201.062, Estates Code 1104.353, Family Code 161.001, Family Code 262.2015, Health and Safety Code 250.006, Occupations Code 301.4535 (Estates Code 1104, Health and Safety Code 250, Occupations Code 301, Family Code 262, Estates Code 201, Penal Code 22, Family Code 161)
Senate Committee Report: Penal Code 22.041, Estates Code 201.062, Estates Code 1104.353, Family Code 161.001, Family Code 262.2015 (Estates Code 1104, Health and Safety Code 250, Occupations Code 301, Family Code 262, Estates Code 201, Penal Code 22, Family Code 161)
Enrolled: Penal Code 22.041, Estates Code 201.062, Estates Code 1104.353, Family Code 161.001, Family Code 262.2015, Health and Safety Code 250.006, Occupations Code 301.4535 (Estates Code 1104, Health and Safety Code 250, Occupations Code 301, Family Code 262, Estates Code 201, Penal Code 22, Family Code 161)