Section 36.09 - Offering Gift to Public Servant(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.(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. 9/1/1994. Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. 1/1/1974.