75R10437 GWK-D
By Brown S.B. No. 329
Substitute the following for S.B. No. 329:
By Keel C.S.S.B. No. 329
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the offense of making a false report to a peace officer
1-3 or to an employee of a law enforcement agency.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 37.08, Penal Code, is amended to read as
1-6 follows:
1-7 Sec. 37.08. FALSE REPORT TO PEACE OFFICER OR LAW ENFORCEMENT
1-8 EMPLOYEE. (a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to
1-9 deceive, he knowingly makes a false statement that is material to
1-10 a criminal investigation and makes the statement to:
1-11 (1) a peace officer conducting the [a criminal]
1-12 investigation; or
1-13 (2) any employee of a law enforcement agency that is
1-14 authorized by the agency to conduct the investigation and that the
1-15 actor knows is conducting [and the statement is material to] the
1-16 investigation.
1-17 (b) In this section, "law enforcement agency" has the
1-18 meaning assigned by Article 59.01, Code of Criminal Procedure.
1-19 (c) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
1-20 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the
1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.