83R1875 JSC-D
By: Miles H.B. No. 266
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 who 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
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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.