By: Huffman S.B. No. 1754
(In the Senate - Filed March 6, 2019; March 14, 2019, read
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
April 23, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
Nays 0; April 23, 2019, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the prosecution of the offense of taking or attempting
to take a weapon from certain officers, investigators, employees,
or officials.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 38.14(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(b) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally
or knowingly and with force takes or attempts to take from a peace
officer, federal special investigator, employee or official of a
correctional facility, parole officer, community supervision and
corrections department officer, or commissioned security officer
the officer's, investigator's, employee's, or official's firearm,
nightstick, stun gun, or personal protection chemical dispensing
device [with the intention of harming the officer, investigator,
employee, or official or a third 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 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, 2019.
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