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Tex. Penal Code § 36.04 — Improper influence

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 36: BRIBERY AND CORRUPT INFLUENCE, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 36.04

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Penal Code § 36.04Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if he privately addresses a representation, entreaty, argument, or other communication to any public servant who exercises or will exercise official discretion in an adjudicatory proceeding with an intent to influence the outcome of the proceeding on the basis of considerations other than those authorized by law. (b) For purposes of this section, "adjudicatory proceeding" means any proceeding before a court or any other agency of government in which the legal rights, powers, duties, or privileges of specified parties are determined. (c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

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