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Amend HB 442 on second reading by adding the following 
appropriately numbered SECTIONS and renumbering the subsequent 
SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION __.  The heading to Section 38.14, Penal Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 38.14.  TAKING OR ATTEMPTING TO TAKE WEAPON FROM PEACE 
OFFICER, EMPLOYEE OR OFFICIAL OF CORRECTIONAL FACILITY THAT IS 
OPERATED BY A COUNTY OR MUNICIPALITY, PAROLE OFFICER, OR COMMUNITY 
SUPERVISION AND CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT OFFICER.
	SECTION __.  Sections 38.14(b), (c), and (d), Penal Code, 
are amended to read as follows:
	(b)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally 
or knowingly and with force takes or attempts to take from a peace 
officer, employee or official of a correctional facility that is 
operated by a county or municipality, parole officer, or community 
supervision and corrections department officer the officer's, 
employee's, or official's firearm, nightstick, stun gun, or 
personal protection chemical dispensing device with the intention 
of harming the officer, employee, or official or a third person.
	(c)  The actor is presumed to have known that the peace 
officer, employee or official of a correctional facility that is 
operated by a county or municipality, parole officer, or community 
supervision and corrections department officer was a peace officer, 
employee or official of a correctional facility that is operated by 
a county or municipality, parole officer, or community supervision 
and corrections department officer if:
		(1)  the officer, employee, or official was wearing a 
distinctive uniform or badge indicating his employment;[,] or
		(2)  [if] the officer, employee, or official identified 
himself as a peace officer, employee or official of a correctional 
facility that is operated by a county or municipality, parole 
officer, or community supervision and corrections department 
officer.
	(d)  It is a defense to prosecution under this section that 
the defendant took or attempted to take the weapon from a peace 
officer, employee or official of a correctional facility that is 
operated by a county or municipality, parole officer, or community 
supervision and corrections department officer who was using force 
against the defendant or another in excess of the amount of force 
permitted by law.
	SECTION __.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. 
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is 
governed by the law in effect at the time the offense was committed, 
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For the 
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the 
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred 
before that date.