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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for the offense of tampering with |
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certain governmental records based on certain reporting for school |
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districts and open-enrollment charter schools. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subdivision (2), Subsection (c), Section 37.10, |
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Penal Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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(2) An offense under this section is a felony of the |
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third degree if it is shown on the trial of the offense that the |
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governmental record was: |
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(A) a public school record, report, or assessment |
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instrument required under Chapter 39, Education Code, data reported |
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for a school district or open-enrollment charter school to the |
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Texas Education Agency through the Public Education Information |
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Management System (PEIMS) described by Section 42.006, Education |
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Code, under a law or rule requiring that reporting, or [was] a |
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license, certificate, permit, seal, title, letter of patent, or |
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similar document issued by government, by another state, or by the |
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United States, unless the actor's intent is to defraud or harm |
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another, in which event the offense is a felony of the second |
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degree; |
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(B) a written report of a medical, chemical, |
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toxicological, ballistic, or other expert examination or test |
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performed on physical evidence for the purpose of determining the |
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connection or relevance of the evidence to a criminal action; or |
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(C) a written report of the certification, |
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inspection, or maintenance record of an instrument, apparatus, |
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implement, machine, or other similar device used in the course of an |
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examination or test performed on physical evidence for the purpose |
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of determining the connection or relevance of the evidence to a |
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criminal action. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (d), Section 39.03, Penal Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(d) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, |
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except that an offense is a felony of the third degree if the public |
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servant acted with the intent to impair the accuracy of data |
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reported to the Texas Education Agency through the Public Education |
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Information Management System (PEIMS) described by Section 42.006, |
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Education Code, under a law requiring that reporting. |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 124 passed the Senate on |
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April 3, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0; and that |
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the Senate concurred in House amendment on May 23, 2013, by the |
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following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 124 passed the House, with |
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amendment, on May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 145, |
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Nays 0, one present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |