By: Naishtat H.B. No. 919 73R2410 KLL-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the offense of coercion of a public servant. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 36.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-5 Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-6 (d) The exception provided by Subsection (c) of this section 1-7 does not apply if a member of the governing body of a governmental 1-8 entity uses coercion to intentionally or knowingly obtain for the 1-9 member a benefit. 1-10 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies 1-11 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this 1-12 Act. For the purposes of this section, an offense is committed 1-13 before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense 1-14 occurs before the effective date. 1-15 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this 1-16 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, 1-17 and the former law is continued in effect for this purpose. 1-18 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993. 1-19 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-20 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-21 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-22 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 1-23 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.