84R6469 JRR-D
By: Turner of Tarrant H.B. No. 1061
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the offense of obstruction or
retaliation.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 36.06(b), Penal Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows:
(4) "Harm" includes:
(A) financial harm, including harm to a person's
financial status or a person's credit report or score;
(B) harm to a person's reputation;
(C) harm caused by intentionally disseminating
or using a person's personal, private, or confidential information;
and
(D) harm caused by invading the privacy of a
person.
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, 2015.