Aggravated Assault Penal Codes

TEXAS PENAL CODE 22.02

22.02. AGGRAVATED ASSAULT.

(a) A person commits an
offense if the person commits assault as defined in § 22.01 and
the person:

(1) causes serious bodily injury to another, including
the person’s spouse; or

(2) uses or exhibits a deadly weapon during the
commission of the assault.

(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second
degree, except that the offense is a felony of the first degree if:

(1) the actor uses a deadly weapon during the
commission of the assault and causes serious bodily injury to a
person whose relationship to or association with the defendant is
described by Section 71.0021(b), 71.003, or 71.005, Family Code;
or

(2) regardless of whether the offense is committed
under Subsection (a)(1) or (a)(2), the offense is committed:

(A) by a public servant acting under color of the
servant’s office or employment;

(B) against a person the actor knows is a public
servant while the public servant is lawfully discharging an
official duty, or in retaliation or on account of an exercise of
official power or performance of an official duty as a public
servant;

(C) in retaliation against or on account of the
service of another as a witness, prospective witness, informant, or
person who has reported the occurrence of a crime; or

(D) against a person the actor knows is a
security officer while the officer is performing a duty as a
security officer.

(c) The actor is presumed to have known the person assaulted
was a public servant or a security officer if the person was wearing
a distinctive uniform or badge indicating the person’s employment
as a public servant or status as a security officer.

(d) In this section, “security officer” means a
commissioned security officer as defined by Section 1702.002,

Occupations Code, or a noncommissioned security officer registered
under Section 1702.221, Occupations Code.