83S10201 GCB-D
By: White H.B. No. 84
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to persons who are public servants for purposes of the
offense of official oppression.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 39.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
(c-1) For purposes of this section, "public servant"
includes:
(1) an officer, employee, or agent of:
(A) the United States;
(B) a branch, department, or agency of the United
States; or
(C) another person acting under a contract with a
branch, department, or agency of the United States to provide a
security or law enforcement service; or
(2) any other person acting under color of federal
law.
SECTION 2. This Act shall be construed, as a matter of state
law, to be enforceable up to but no further than the maximum
possible extent consistent with federal constitutional
requirements, even if that construction is not readily apparent,
and such constructions are authorized only to the extent necessary
to save the statute from judicial invalidation.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect October 1, 2013.