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H.B. No. 1856
1 AN ACT 2 relating to the prosecution of and punishment for the offense of 3 tampering with a witness. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. Section 36.05, Penal Code, is amended by 6 amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (e) and (f) to read 7 as follows: 8 (d) An offense under this section is a [tte-a44] felony 9 of the third degree, except that if the official proceeding is part 10 of the prosecution of a criminal case, an offense under this section 11 is the same category of offense as the most serious offense charged 12 in that criminal case. 13 (e) Notwithstanding Subsection (d), if the most serious 14 offense charged is a capital felony, an offense under this section 15 is a felony of the first degree.. 16 (f) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this 17 section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor 18 may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both. 19 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 20 to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. 21 An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is 22 governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, 23 and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For 24 purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
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Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1856, Chapter 770,
legislative document,
June 17, 2011;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth311127/m1/1/:
accessed April 30, 2024),
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