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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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PENAL CODE |
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Title 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION |
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Chapter 36. BRIBERY AND CORRUPT INFLUENCE |
Sec. 36.06. OBSTRUCTION OR RETALIATION
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(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly harms or threatens to harm another by an unlawful act:
(1) in retaliation for or on account of the service or status of another as a:
(A) public servant, witness, prospective witness, or informant; or
(B) person who has reported or who the actor knows intends to report the occurrence of a crime; or
(2) to prevent or delay the service of another as a:
(A) public servant, witness, prospective witness, or informant; or
(B) person who has reported or who the actor knows intends to report the occurrence of a crime.
(b) In this section:
(1) "Honorably retired peace officer" means a peace officer who:
(A) did not retire in lieu of any disciplinary action;
(B) was eligible to retire from a law enforcement agency or was ineligible to retire only as a result of an injury received in the course of the officer's employment with the agency; and
(C) is entitled to receive a pension or annuity for service as a law enforcement officer or is not entitled to receive a pension or annuity only because the law enforcement agency that employed the officer does not offer a pension or annuity to its employees.
(2) "Informant" means a person who has communicated information to the government in connection with any governmental function.
(3) "Public servant" includes an honorably retired peace officer.
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree unless the victim of the offense was harmed or threatened because of the victim's service or status as a juror, in which event the offense is a felony of the second degree.