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 |
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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 [ |
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(1) impersonates a public servant with intent to | ||
induce another to submit to the person's [ |
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authority or to rely on the person's [ |
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(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[ |
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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. | ||
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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. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Governor |