Amend CSSB 598, by inserting the following new SECTIONS in
the appropriate location and renumber as appropriate:
      SECTION __ Subsection (b), Section 22.01, Penal Code, as
amended by Section 5, Chapter 318, Acts of the 74th Legislature,
1995, is amended to read as follows:
      (b)  An offense under Subsection (a)(1) is a Class A
misdemeanor, except that the offense is a felony of the third
degree if the offense is committed against a person the actor knows
is a public servant while the public servant is lawfully
discharging an official duty, or in retaliation or on account of an
exercise of official power or performance of  an official duty as a
public servant.  In this subsection, "public servant" includes
public school employees.
      SECTION __ Subsection (c), Section 22.01, Penal Code, is
amended to read as follows:
      (c)  An offense under Subsection (a)(2) or (3) is a Class C
misdemeanor, except that the <an> offense <under Subsection (a)(3)>
is a Class A misdemeanor if the offense is committed against a
public school employee while the employee is engaged in performing
duties within the scope of employment or committed in retaliation
for or on account of the employee's performance of duties within
the scope of employment or if the offense was committed against an
elderly individual or disabled individual, as those terms are
defined by Section 22.04.