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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 certain conduct |
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constituting the criminal offense of obstruction or retaliation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 36.06(c), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third |
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degree, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree if: |
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(1) the victim of the offense was harmed or threatened |
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because of the victim's service or status as a public servant |
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[juror]; or |
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(2) the actor's conduct is described by Subsection |
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(a-1) and results in the bodily injury of a public servant or a |
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member of a public servant's family or household. |
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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, 2021. |