85R3291 ADM-F
 
  By: Turner H.B. No. 2755
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the punishment for the offense of tampering with a
  governmental record; increasing a criminal penalty.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.10(c), Penal Code, is amended by
  amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (5) to read as
  follows:
               (1)  Except as provided by Subdivisions (2), (3), [and]
  (4), and (5) and by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is
  a Class A misdemeanor unless the actor's intent is to defraud or
  harm another, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
               (5)  An offense under this section is a state jail
  felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the
  governmental record was a payroll document requesting payment of
  compensation to a state officer or employee.
         SECTION 2.  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 on the date the offense was committed,
  and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For
  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.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.