1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to the penalty for tampering with certain governmental 1-3 records. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 37.10(d), Penal Code, is amended to read 1-6 as follows: 1-7 (d) An offense under this section is a felony of the third 1-8 degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the 1-9 governmental record was a public school record, report, or 1-10 assessment instrument required under Chapter 39, Education Code, or 1-11 was a license, certificate, permit, seal, title, letter of patent, 1-12 or similar document issued by government, by another state, or by 1-13 the United States, unless the actor's intent is to defraud or harm 1-14 another, in which event the offense is a felony of the second 1-15 degree. 1-16 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 1-17 to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. 1-18 An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is 1-19 covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and 1-20 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For 1-21 purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the 1-22 effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred 1-23 before that date. 1-24 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 2-1 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended. _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.B. No. 926 was passed by the House on May 11, 1999, by a non-record vote; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. No. 926 on May 26, 1999, by a non-record vote. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.B. No. 926 was passed by the Senate, with amendments, on May 21, 1999, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _____________________ Date _____________________ Governor