1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to the punishment for the offense of obstruction or
1-3 retaliation.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 36.06(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
1-6 as follows:
1-7 (c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
1-8 degree unless the victim of the offense was harmed or threatened
1-9 because of the victim's service or status as a juror, in which
1-10 event the offense is a felony of the second degree.
1-11 SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies
1-12 only to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this
1-13 Act. For purposes of this section, an offense is committed before
1-14 the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurs
1-15 before the effective date.
1-16 (b) An offense committed before the effective date of this
1-17 Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed,
1-18 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
1-19 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
_______________________________ _______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1181 was passed by the House on May
11, 2001, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1181 was passed by the Senate on May
22, 2001, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: __________________________
Date
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Governor