{"id":247,"date":"2022-04-15T19:45:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T19:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/texas-statutes\/?page_id=247"},"modified":"2022-05-13T09:24:28","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T09:24:28","slug":"texas-penal-code-39-03-official-oppression","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/texas-statutes\/texas-penal-code-39-03-official-oppression\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Penal Code 39.03 Official Oppression"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l20ubjbw-6410a23c9075e4aa385813e249279caf\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l20ubjbw-6410a23c9075e4aa385813e249279caf{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l20ubjbw-6410a23c9075e4aa385813e249279caf .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l20ubjbw-6410a23c9075e4aa385813e249279caf .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l20ubjbw-6410a23c9075e4aa385813e249279caf av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Texas<\/p>\n<\/div><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Texas Penal Code \u00a7 39.03. Official Oppression<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-t457r-f1b69eaf455a715050a2d1c278a498e9\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-t457r-f1b69eaf455a715050a2d1c278a498e9{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-t457r-f1b69eaf455a715050a2d1c278a498e9 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-n5xsn-6f7a6eb5e2f4be167a090f3f8857038c '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">CrowdSourceLawyers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-fm52n-c39310bc8ea06dd5785c1f25262b39cb\">\n#top .avia_search_element.av-fm52n-c39310bc8ea06dd5785c1f25262b39cb .av_searchform_wrapper{\nborder-color:#edae44;\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-fm52n-c39310bc8ea06dd5785c1f25262b39cb #s.av-input-field{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-fm52n-c39310bc8ea06dd5785c1f25262b39cb .av-input-field-icon.av-search-icon{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-fm52n-c39310bc8ea06dd5785c1f25262b39cb .av-input-field-icon.av-search-icon.avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nheight:20px;\nwidth:20px;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-fm52n-c39310bc8ea06dd5785c1f25262b39cb #searchsubmit{\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-fm52n-c39310bc8ea06dd5785c1f25262b39cb .av_searchsubmit_wrapper{\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia_search_element av-fm52n-c39310bc8ea06dd5785c1f25262b39cb  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr '><search><form action='https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/texas-statutes\/' id='searchform_element' method='get' class='' data-element_id='av-fm52n-c39310bc8ea06dd5785c1f25262b39cb' ><div class='av_searchform_wrapper'><input type='search' value='' id='s' name='s' placeholder='Search Texas Statutes' aria-label='Search Texas Statutes' class='av-input-field ' required \/><div class='av_searchsubmit_wrapper '><input type='submit' value='Find' id='searchsubmit' class='button ' title='View results on search page' aria-label='View results on search page' \/><\/div><input type='hidden' name='numberposts' value='10' \/><input type='hidden' name='results_hide_fields' value='meta,image' \/><\/div><\/form><\/search><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-a525z-9f48405f01ff504756ab0f4c8bba017f\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-a525z-9f48405f01ff504756ab0f4c8bba017f{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-a525z-9f48405f01ff504756ab0f4c8bba017f hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_avia_sc_search  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l20uc71s-bbd96d9f231f1b758facbaf16c2ed1a4 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Texas Penal Code &#8211; PENAL \u00a7 39.03. Official Oppression<\/h2>\n<p>(a)\u2002A public servant acting under color of his office or employment commits an offense if he:<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1)\u2002intentionally subjects another to mistreatment or to arrest, detention, search, seizure, dispossession, assessment, or lien that he knows is unlawful;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002intentionally denies or impedes another in the exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, knowing his conduct is unlawful; \u2009or<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(3)\u2002intentionally subjects another to sexual harassment.<\/p>\n<p>(b)\u2002For purposes of this section, a public servant acts under color of his office or employment if he acts or purports to act in an official capacity or takes advantage of such actual or purported capacity.<\/p>\n<p>(c)\u2002In this section, \u201csexual harassment\u201d means unwelcome sexual advances, requests for sexual favors, or other verbal or physical conduct of a sexual nature, submission to which is made a term or condition of a person&#8217;s exercise or enjoyment of any right, privilege, power, or immunity, either explicitly or implicitly.<\/p>\n<p>(d)\u2002An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that an offense is a felony of the third degree if the public servant acted with the intent to impair the accuracy of data reported to the Texas Education Agency through the Public Education Information Management System (PEIMS) described by Sections 48.008 and 48.009 Section 42.006, Education Code , under a law requiring that reporting.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">CrowdSourceLawyers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-247","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - 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