Texas Penal Code

§ 12.501 — PENALTY FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES COMMITTED IN RETALIATION FOR OR ON ACCOUNT OF PERSON'S SERVICE OR STATUS AS PUBLIC SERVANT

PE § 12.501Title 3. PUNISHMENTS · Ch. 12. PUNISHMENTS · Art. D. EXCEPTIONAL SENTENCES

Statute text

(a)In this section, "public servant" has the meaning assigned by Section 36.06.

(b)Subject to Subsection (d), the punishment for an offense described by Subsection (c) is increased to the punishment prescribed for the next higher category of offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that:

(1)the offense:

(A)was committed against a person the actor knows is a public servant or a member of a public servant's family or household; or

(B)involves property that the actor knows belongs to, is under the control of, or is lawfully possessed by a public servant; and

(2)the offense was committed in retaliation for or on account of the service or status of the person as a public servant.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 791 (H.B. 624), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.