85R7999 SMT-D     By: Taylor of Galveston S.B. No. 1866       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the employment of certain individuals at a sexually   oriented business.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 125.0015(a), Civil Practice and Remedies   Code, is amended to read as follows:          (a)  A person who maintains a place to which persons   habitually go for the following purposes and who knowingly   tolerates the activity and furthermore fails to make reasonable   attempts to abate the activity maintains a common nuisance:                (1)  discharge of a firearm in a public place as   prohibited by the Penal Code;                (2)  reckless discharge of a firearm as prohibited by   the Penal Code;                (3)  engaging in organized criminal activity as a   member of a combination as prohibited by the Penal Code;                (4)  delivery, possession, manufacture, or use of a   controlled substance in violation of Chapter 481, Health and Safety   Code;                (5)  gambling, gambling promotion, or communicating   gambling information as prohibited by the Penal Code;                (6)  prostitution, promotion of prostitution, or   aggravated promotion of prostitution as prohibited by the Penal   Code;                (7)  compelling prostitution as prohibited by the Penal   Code;                (8)  commercial manufacture, commercial distribution,   or commercial exhibition of obscene material as prohibited by the   Penal Code;                (9)  aggravated assault as described by Section 22.02,   Penal Code;                (10)  sexual assault as described by Section 22.011,   Penal Code;                (11)  aggravated sexual assault as described by Section   22.021, Penal Code;                (12)  robbery as described by Section 29.02, Penal   Code;                (13)  aggravated robbery as described by Section 29.03,   Penal Code;                (14)  unlawfully carrying a weapon as described by   Section 46.02, Penal Code;                (15)  murder as described by Section 19.02, Penal Code;                (16)  capital murder as described by Section 19.03,   Penal Code;                (17)  continuous sexual abuse of young child or   children as described by Section 21.02, Penal Code;                (18)  massage therapy or other massage services in   violation of Chapter 455, Occupations Code;                (19)  employing an individual younger than 21 years of   age [a minor] at a sexually oriented business as defined by Section   243.002, Local Government Code;                (20)  trafficking of persons as described by Section   20A.02, Penal Code;                (21)  sexual conduct or performance by a child as   described by Section 43.25, Penal Code; or                (22)  employment harmful to a child as described by   Section 43.251, Penal Code.          SECTION 2.  Sections 51.016(b) and (h), Labor Code, are   amended to read as follows:          (b)  A sexually oriented business may not employ an   individual younger than 21 [18] years of age.          (h)  The commission, the attorney general, or a local law   enforcement agency may inspect a record maintained under this   section if there is good reason to believe that an individual   younger than 21 [18] years of age is employed or has been employed   by the sexually oriented business within the two years preceding   the date of the inspection.          SECTION 3.  Section 43.251(a)(1), Penal Code, is amended to   read as follows:                (1)  "Child" means a person younger than 21 [18] years   of age.          SECTION 4.  The change in law made by this Act to Section   125.0015, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, applies only to a cause   of action that accrues on or after the effective date of this Act.  A   cause of action that accrues before the effective date of this Act   is governed by the law in effect immediately before that date, and   the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 5.  The changes in law made by this Act to Section   51.016, Labor Code, and Section 43.251, Penal Code, apply 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 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.