Bill Text: TX HB563 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of official oppression.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-16 - Failed to receive affirmative vote in comm. [HB563 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB563-Introduced.html
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| By: Dutton | H.B. No. 563 | |
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| relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of | ||
| official oppression. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Sections 39.03(a) and (d), Penal Code, are | ||
| amended to read as follows: | ||
| (a) A public servant acting under color of his office or | ||
| employment commits an offense if he: | ||
| (1) intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or | ||
| to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, | ||
| or lien that he knows is unlawful; | ||
| (2) intentionally denies or impedes another in the | ||
| exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, | ||
| knowing his conduct is unlawful; [ |
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| (3) intentionally subjects another to sexual | ||
| harassment; or | ||
| (4) intentionally subjects another to excessive | ||
| physical force. | ||
| (d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, | ||
| except that an offense is a felony of the third degree if: | ||
| (1) the public servant acted with the intent to impair | ||
| the accuracy of data reported to the Texas Education Agency through | ||
| the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) | ||
| described by Section 42.006, Education Code, under a law requiring | ||
| that reporting; or | ||
| (2) the actor is a peace officer who engaged in conduct | ||
| constituting an offense under Subsection (a)(4). | ||
| 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, 2015. | ||
