Bill Text: TX HB2755 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the punishment for the offense of tampering with a governmental record; increasing a criminal penalty.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Engrossed - Dead) 2017-05-18 - Posting rule suspended [HB2755 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB2755-Introduced.html

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85R3291 ADM-F
By: Turner H.B. No. 2755

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the punishment for the offense of tampering with a
governmental record; increasing a criminal penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 37.10(c), Penal Code, is amended by
amending Subdivision (1) and adding Subdivision (5) to read as
follows:
(1) Except as provided by Subdivisions (2), (3), [and]
(4), and (5) and by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is
a Class A misdemeanor unless the actor's intent is to defraud or
harm another, in which event the offense is a state jail felony.
(5) An offense under this section is a state jail
felony if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the
governmental record was a payroll document requesting payment of
compensation to a state officer or employee.
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, 2017.