Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 3.04 · Chapter 3. DEFINITIONS
OFFICIAL MISCONDUCT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this code:
(1) "Official misconduct" means an offense that is an intentional or knowing violation of a law committed by a public servant while acting in an official capacity as a public servant.
(2) "Public servant" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.3.htm
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