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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the penalty prescribed for official oppression. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 39.03, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsection (e) to read as |
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follows: |
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(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor |
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unless the person: |
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(1) causes bodily injury to another, in which event it |
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is a felony of the third degree; or |
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(2) causes serious bodily injury to another, in which |
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event it is a felony of the second degree. |
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(e) If conduct constituting an offense under this section |
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also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the |
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actor may be prosecuted under either section or both sections. |
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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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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |