TITLE: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of taking or attempting to take a weapon from certain officers, investigators, employees, or officials.

SUMMARY: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of taking or attempting to take a weapon from certain officers, investigators, employees, or officials.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the prosecution of the offense of taking or attempting to take a weapon from certain officers, investigators, employees, or officials. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 38.14(b), Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: (b) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly and with force takes or attempts to take from a peace officer, federal special investigator, employee or official of a correctional facility, parole officer, community supervision and corrections department officer, or commissioned security officer the officer's, investigator's, employee's, or official's firearm, nightstick, stun gun, or personal protection chemical dispensing device [with the intention of harming the officer, investigator, employee, or official or a third person].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 when 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.