{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-36.09","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 36.09","heading":"OFFERING GIFT TO PUBLIC SERVANT.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if he offers, confers, or agrees to confer any benefit on a public servant that he knows the public servant is prohibited by law from accepting.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nActs 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 36. BRIBERY AND CORRUPT INFLUENCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.36.htm#36.09","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"c27934531270049553db67c3b5e38bf850cfa6ec53c2db86ea1a2dc8042c9c8d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-36.08","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-36.10"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}