Bill Text: TX HB2624 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving fraud.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Democrat 5-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-29 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2624 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB2624-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 2624 |
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relating to the prosecution of certain criminal offenses involving | ||
fraud. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended by adding Article 13.291 to read as follows: | ||
Art. 13.291. CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD ABUSE. An offense | ||
under Section 32.31, Penal Code, may be prosecuted in any county in | ||
which the offense was committed or in the county of residence for | ||
any person whose credit card or debit card was unlawfully possessed | ||
or used by the defendant. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 38.19, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
Art. 38.19. INTENT TO DEFRAUD: CERTAIN OFFENSES [ |
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any of the following sections of the Penal Code: | ||
(1) Section 32.21 (Forgery); | ||
(2) Section 32.31 (Credit Card or Debit Card Abuse); | ||
or | ||
(3) Section 32.51 (Fraudulent Use or Possession of | ||
Identifying Information). | ||
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article applies [ |
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not required to prove [ |
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committed the act with intent to defraud any particular person. It | ||
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its nature, calculated to injure or defraud any of the | ||
sovereignties, bodies corporate or politic, officers or persons, | ||
named in the definition of the offense [ |
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SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only | ||
to a criminal proceeding that commences on or after the effective | ||
date of this Act. A criminal proceeding that commenced before the | ||
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
date the proceeding commenced, and the former law is continued in | ||
effect for that purpose. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 2624 was passed by the House on April | ||
25, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 2624 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
Date | ||
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Governor |