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Chapter 223 : .~ ---- !
H.B. No. 260
AN ACT relating to the prosecution and punishment of unlawful transport of a person. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 20, Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: CHAPTER 20. KIDNAPPING, [AND] UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT, AND SMUGGLING OF PERSONS SECTION 2. Section 20.05, Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 20.05. SMUGGLING OF PERSONS [UNLAWFUL TRANSPORT]. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally uses a motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft to transport an individual with the intent to: (1) conceal the individual from a peace officer or special investigator; or (2)- flee from a person. the actor knows is a peace officer or special investigator attempting to lawfully arrest or detain the actor [un y iniiulwilsfe seiu boiy' nuyrdet]
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 260, Chapter 223,
legislative document,
June 17, 2011;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth311320/m1/1/:
accessed April 25, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.