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| 1 | 1 | 85R9531 KJE-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Krause H.B. No. 1751 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against | |
| 8 | 8 | a peace officer. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 22.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding | |
| 11 | 11 | Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1), an offense under | |
| 13 | 13 | Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the second degree if the offense is | |
| 14 | 14 | committed against a person the actor knows is a peace officer while | |
| 15 | 15 | the officer is lawfully discharging an official duty or in | |
| 16 | 16 | retaliation or on account of an exercise of official power or | |
| 17 | 17 | performance of an official duty as a peace officer. | |
| 18 | 18 | SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only | |
| 19 | 19 | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. | |
| 20 | 20 | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is | |
| 21 | 21 | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, | |
| 22 | 22 | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For | |
| 23 | 23 | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the | |
| 24 | 24 | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred | |
| 25 | 25 | before that date. | |
| 26 | 26 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |