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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to enhancing the penalty prescribed for certain acts of |
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official oppression. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.03, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, |
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except that an offense is a felony of the third degree if: |
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(1) the public servant acted with the intent to impair |
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the accuracy of data reported to the Texas Education Agency through |
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the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) |
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described by Section 42.006, Education Code, under a law requiring |
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that reporting; or |
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(2) the public servant at the time of the commission of |
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the offense was a licensed peace officer who knowingly caused |
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bodily injury to another. |
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(e) If conduct constituting an offense under this section |
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also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the |
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actor may be prosecuted under either section or both sections. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |