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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to increasing the criminal penalty for causing bodily |
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injury while resisting arrest, search, or transportation. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 38.03(d), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(d) An offense under this section is: |
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(1) a state jail felony if the actor's use of force |
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causes bodily injury to the peace officer or another person; and |
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(2) a felony of the third degree if the actor uses a |
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deadly weapon to resist the arrest or search. |
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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, 2023. |