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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the punishment for assault committed against |
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a peace officer. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Subsection (b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b-2) Notwithstanding Subsection (b)(1), an offense under |
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Subsection (a)(1) is a felony of the second degree if the offense is |
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committed against a person the actor knows is a peace officer while |
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the officer is lawfully discharging an official duty or in |
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retaliation or on account of an exercise of official power or |
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performance of an official duty as a peace officer. |
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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, 2017. |