89R15171 CJD-D
By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3711
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the investigation and prosecution of certain open
meetings offenses as offenses against public administration.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.0252, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 411.0252. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION. For
purposes of this subchapter, the following are offenses against
public administration:
(1) an offense under Title 8, Penal Code, committed by
a state officer or a state employee in connection with the powers
and duties of the state office or state employment;
(2) an offense under Chapter 301, 302, 571, 572, or
2004 committed by a state officer or a state employee in connection
with the powers and duties of the state office or state employment
or by a candidate for state office;
(3) an offense under Chapter 573 committed by a state
officer in connection with the powers and duties of the state
office; [and]
(4) an offense under Title 15, Election Code,
committed in connection with:
(A) a campaign for or the holding of state
office; or
(B) an election on a proposed constitutional
amendment; and
(5) an offense under Chapter 551 committed by a county
or municipal officer or school district board of trustees member.
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, 2025.