Amend CSSB 482 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____.  Section 12.50(b), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows:

(b)  The increase in punishment authorized by this section applies only to an offense under:

(1)  Section 20.05;

(2)  Section 20.06;

(3)  Section 20.07;

(4)  Section 22.01;

(5)  Section 28.02;

(6)  Section 29.02;

(7)  Section 30.02;

(8)  Section 30.03;

(9)  Section 30.04;

(10)  Section 30.05; [and]

(11)  Section 31.03; and

(12)  Section 38.15.

SECTION ____.  Sections 38.15(a) and (e), Penal Code, are amended to read as follows:

(a)  A person commits an offense if the person with criminal negligence interrupts, disrupts, impedes, or otherwise interferes with:

(1)  a peace officer while the peace officer is performing a duty or exercising authority imposed or granted by law;

(2)  a person who is employed to provide emergency medical services including the transportation of ill or injured persons while the person is performing that duty;

(3)  a fire fighter, while the fire fighter is fighting a fire or investigating the cause of a fire;

(4)  an animal under the supervision of a peace officer, corrections officer, or jailer, if the person knows the animal is being used for law enforcement, corrections, prison or jail security, or investigative purposes;

(5)  the transmission of a communication over a citizen's band radio channel, the purpose of which communication is to inform or inquire about an emergency;

(6)  an officer with responsibility for animal control in a county or municipality, while the officer is performing a duty or exercising authority imposed or granted under Chapter 821 or 822, Health and Safety Code; [or]

(7)  a person who:

(A)  has responsibility for assessing, enacting, or enforcing public health, environmental, radiation, or safety measures for the state or a county or municipality;

(B)  is investigating a particular site as part of the person's responsibilities under Paragraph (A);

(C)  is acting in accordance with policies and procedures related to the safety and security of the site described by Paragraph (B); and

(D)  is performing a duty or exercising authority imposed or granted under the Agriculture Code, Health and Safety Code, Occupations Code, or Water Code; or

(8)  a person who is an employee or agent of a utility while the person is performing a duty within the scope of that employment or agency.

(e)  In this section:

(1)  "Emergency" [, "emergency"] means a condition or circumstance in which an individual is or is reasonably believed by the person transmitting the communication to be in imminent danger of serious bodily injury or in which property is or is reasonably believed by the person transmitting the communication to be in imminent danger of damage or destruction.