Bill Text: TX SB1820 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of impersonating a public servant.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-27 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1820 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1820-Enrolled.html
 
 
  S.B. No. 1820
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of
  impersonating a public servant.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 37.11(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
  as follows:
         (a)  A person commits an offense if the person [he]:
               (1)  impersonates a public servant with intent to
  induce another to submit to the person's [his] pretended official
  authority or to rely on the person's [his] pretended official acts;
  or
               (2)  knowingly purports to exercise, without legal
  authority, any function of a public servant or of a public office,
  including that of a judge and court[, and the position or office
  through which he purports to exercise a function of a public servant
  or public office has no lawful existence under the constitution or
  laws of this state or of the United States].
         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, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1820 passed the Senate on
  April 17, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1820 passed the House on
  May 14, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 1, two
  present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor
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