Texas Penal Code

§ 36.09 — OFFERING GIFT TO PUBLIC SERVANT

PE § 36.09Title 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 36. BRIBERY AND CORRUPT INFLUENCE

Statute text

(a)A person commits an offense if he offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit on a public servant that he knows the public servant is prohibited by law from accepting.

(b)An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Legislative history

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.