By: Birdwell S.B. No. 405
(In the Senate - Filed January 22, 2019; February 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 criminal offense of making a false report to a peace
officer, federal special investigator, law enforcement employee,
corrections officer, or jailer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. The heading to Section 37.08, Penal Code, is
amended to read as follows:
Sec. 37.08. FALSE REPORT TO PEACE OFFICER, FEDERAL SPECIAL
INVESTIGATOR, [OR] LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEE, CORRECTIONS OFFICER,
OR JAILER.
SECTION 2. Section 37.08(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to deceive,
he knowingly makes a false statement that is material to a criminal
investigation and makes the statement to:
(1) a peace officer or federal special investigator
conducting the investigation; [or]
(2) any employee of a law enforcement agency that is
authorized by the agency to conduct the investigation and that the
actor knows is conducting the investigation; or
(3) a corrections officer or jailer.
SECTION 3. 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 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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