82R25394 E
By: Miles H.B. No. 1471
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 1471:
By: Gallego C.S.H.B. No. 1471
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to enhancing the penalty prescribed for certain acts of
official oppression.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.03, Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as
follows:
(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
unless at the time of the commission of the offense the actor was a
licensed peace officer and the actor intentionally or knowingly
caused bodily injury to another, in which event it is a felony of
the third degree.
(e) If conduct constituting an offense under this section
also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the
actor may be prosecuted under either section or both sections.
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
covered by the law in effect when 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, 2011.