Bill Text: TX HB2626 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the offense of credit card or debit card abuse; creating a criminal offense.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-11 - Referred to Pensions, Investments & Financial Services [HB2626 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2626-Introduced.html

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86R11074 ADM-D
By: Perez H.B. No. 2626

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offense of credit card or debit card abuse; creating
a criminal offense.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.31(a), Penal Code, is amended by
adding Subdivisions (8) and (9) to read as follows:
(8) "Counterfeit credit card or debit card" means a
credit card or debit card that:
(A) purports on its face to have been issued by an
issuer that did not issue the card;
(B) has been altered to contain a digital imprint
other than that which was placed on the card by the issuer;
(C) contains a digital imprint with account
information or account holder information differing from that which
is printed or embossed on the card; or
(D) has been altered to change the account
information or account holder information on the face of the card
from that which was printed or embossed on the card by the issuer.
(9) "Digital imprint" means the digital data placed on
a credit card or debit card by the issuer.
SECTION 2. Section 32.31, Penal Code, is amended by adding
Subsection (b-1) to read as follows:
(b-1) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly
possesses, uses, transfers, or receives a counterfeit credit card
or debit card.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.