By: Lozano (Senate Sponsor - Hinojosa) H.B. No. 3423
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 13, 2011;
  May 13, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Transportation and Homeland Security; May 21, 2011, reported
  favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent
  to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to certain criminal offenses committed in relation to a
  federal special investigator; providing criminal penalties.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1.07(a), Penal Code, is amended by
  adding Subdivision (46-b) to read as follows:
               (46-b)  "Federal special investigator" means a person
  described by Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 37.08, Penal Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 37.08.  FALSE REPORT TO PEACE OFFICER, FEDERAL SPECIAL
  INVESTIGATOR, OR LAW ENFORCEMENT EMPLOYEE.
         SECTION 3.  Section 37.08(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if, with intent to deceive,
  he knowingly makes a false statement that is material to a criminal
  investigation and makes the statement to:
               (1)  a peace officer or federal special investigator
  conducting the investigation; or
               (2)  any employee of a law enforcement agency that is
  authorized by the agency to conduct the investigation and that the
  actor knows is conducting the investigation.
         SECTION 4.  Sections 38.04(a) and (b), Penal Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if he intentionally flees
  from a person he knows is a peace officer or federal special
  investigator attempting lawfully to arrest or detain him.
         (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
  except that the offense is:
               (1)  a state jail felony if:
                     (A)  the actor has been previously convicted under
  this section; or
                     (B)  the actor uses a vehicle while the actor is in
  flight and the actor has not been previously convicted under this
  section;
               (2)  a felony of the third degree if:
                     (A)  the actor uses a vehicle while the actor is in
  flight and the actor has been previously convicted under this
  section; or
                     (B)  another suffers serious bodily injury as a
  direct result of an attempt by the officer or investigator from whom
  the actor is fleeing to apprehend the actor while the actor is in
  flight; or
               (3)  a felony of the second degree if another suffers
  death as a direct result of an attempt by the officer or
  investigator from whom the actor is fleeing to apprehend the actor
  while the actor is in flight.
         SECTION 5.  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, FEDERAL SPECIAL INVESTIGATOR, EMPLOYEE OR OFFICIAL OF
  CORRECTIONAL FACILITY, PAROLE OFFICER, COMMUNITY SUPERVISION AND
  CORRECTIONS DEPARTMENT OFFICER, OR COMMISSIONED SECURITY OFFICER.
         SECTION 6.  Sections 38.14(b), (c), (d), and (e), 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, federal special investigator, employee or official of a
  correctional facility, parole officer, community supervision and
  corrections department officer, or commissioned security officer
  the officer's, investigator's, employee's, or official's firearm,
  nightstick, stun gun, or personal protection chemical dispensing
  device with the intention of harming the officer, investigator,
  employee, or official or a third person.
         (c)  The actor is presumed to have known that the peace
  officer, federal special investigator, employee or official of a
  correctional facility, parole officer, community supervision and
  corrections department officer, or commissioned security officer
  was a peace officer, federal special investigator, employee or
  official of a correctional facility, parole officer, community
  supervision and corrections department officer, or commissioned
  security officer if:
               (1)  the officer, investigator, employee, or official
  was wearing a distinctive uniform or badge indicating his
  employment; or
               (2)  the officer, investigator, employee, or official
  identified himself as a peace officer, federal special
  investigator, employee or official of a correctional facility,
  parole officer, community supervision and corrections department
  officer, or commissioned security 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, federal special investigator, employee or official of a
  correctional facility, parole officer, community supervision and
  corrections department officer, or commissioned security officer
  who was using force against the defendant or another in excess of
  the amount of force permitted by law.
         (e)  An offense under this section is:
               (1)  a felony of the third degree, if the defendant took
  a weapon described by Subsection (b) from an officer, investigator, 
  employee, or official described by that subsection; and
               (2)  a state jail felony, if the defendant attempted to
  take a weapon described by Subsection (b) from an officer,
  investigator, employee, or official described by that subsection.
         SECTION 7.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
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