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Tex. Penal Code § 21.02: CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF YOUNG CHILD OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL

Felony

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits an offense by committing two or more acts of sexual abuse over 30+ days against a child under 14 or disabled individual when the actor is 17 or older.

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