89R15171 CJD-D     By: Capriglione H.B. No. 3711       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the investigation and prosecution of certain open   meetings offenses as offenses against public administration.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 411.0252, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 411.0252.  OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION.  For   purposes of this subchapter, the following are offenses against   public administration:                (1)  an offense under Title 8, Penal Code, committed by   a state officer or a state employee in connection with the powers   and duties of the state office or state employment;                (2)  an offense under Chapter 301, 302, 571, 572, or   2004 committed by a state officer or a state employee in connection   with the powers and duties of the state office or state employment   or by a candidate for state office;                (3)  an offense under Chapter 573 committed by a state   officer in connection with the powers and duties of the state   office; [and]                (4)  an offense under Title 15, Election Code,   committed in connection with:                      (A)  a campaign for or the holding of state   office; or                      (B)  an election on a proposed constitutional   amendment; and                (5)  an offense under Chapter 551 committed by a county   or municipal officer or school district board of trustees member.          SECTION 2.  The change in law made by this Act applies only   to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.     An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,   and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For   purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the   effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred   before that date.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.