Bill Text: TX HB84 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced

Texas House Bill 84 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to persons who are public servants for purposes of the offense of official oppression.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-06-18 - Filed [HB84 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HB84-Introduced.html

	83S10201 GCB-D

	By: White	H.B. No. 84



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to persons who are public servants for purposes of the
	offense of official oppression.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 39.03, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (c-1) to read as follows:
	(c-1) For purposes of this section, "public servant"
	includes:
	(1) an officer, employee, or agent of:
	(A) the United States;
	(B) a branch, department, or agency of the United
	States; or
	(C) another person acting under a contract with a
	branch, department, or agency of the United States to provide a
	security or law enforcement service; or
	(2) any other person acting under color of federal
	law.
	SECTION 2. This Act shall be construed, as a matter of state
	law, to be enforceable up to but no further than the maximum
	possible extent consistent with federal constitutional
	requirements, even if that construction is not readily apparent,
	and such constructions are authorized only to the extent necessary
	to save the statute from judicial invalidation.
	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect October 1, 2013.