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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of |
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impersonating a public servant. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 37.11(a), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person [he]: |
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(1) impersonates a public servant with intent to |
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induce another to submit to the person's [his] pretended official |
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authority or to rely on the person's [his] pretended official acts; |
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or |
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(2) knowingly purports to exercise, without legal |
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authority, any function of a public servant or of a public office, |
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including that of a judge and court[, and the position or office
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through which he purports to exercise a function of a public servant
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or public office has no lawful existence under the constitution or
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laws of this state or of the United States]. |
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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, 2019. |