Texas SB 1820: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of impersonating a public servant.

Bill Text

By:AAHuffman S.B.ANo.A1820
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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:
SECTIONA1.AASection 37.11(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
as follows:
(a)AAA person commits an offense if the person [he]:
(1)AAimpersonates 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)AAknowingly 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].
SECTIONA2.AAThe 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
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before that date.
SECTIONA3.AAThis Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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