Bill Text: TX HB2697 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Bill 2697 (Prior Session Legislation)

Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or possession of identifying information.

Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-31 - Effective on 9/1/19 [HB2697 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-HB2697-Enrolled.html



	H.B. No. 2697




	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent use or
	possession of identifying information.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 502.001(c), Business & Commerce Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(c) A restaurant or bar owner shall display in a prominent
	place on the premises of the restaurant or bar a sign stating in
	letters at least one-half inch high: "UNDER SECTION 32.51, PENAL
	CODE, IT IS A STATE JAIL FELONY (PUNISHABLE BY CONFINEMENT IN A
	STATE JAIL FOR NOT MORE THAN TWO YEARS) TO OBTAIN, POSSESS,
	TRANSFER, OR USE A CUSTOMER'S DEBIT CARD OR CREDIT CARD NUMBER
	WITHOUT THE CUSTOMER'S CONSENT OR EFFECTIVE CONSENT."
	SECTION 2. Section 32.51(b), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(b) A person commits an offense if the person, with the
	intent to harm or defraud another, obtains, possesses, transfers,
	or uses an item of:
	(1) identifying information of another person without
	the other person's consent or effective consent;
	(2) information concerning a deceased natural person,
	including a stillborn infant or fetus, that would be identifying
	information of that person were that person alive, if the item of
	information is obtained, possessed, transferred, or used without
	legal authorization; or
	(3) identifying information of a child younger than 18
	years of age.
	SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only
	to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
	and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
	purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
	effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
	before that date.
	SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2697 was passed by the House on April
	24, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 3 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2697 was passed by the Senate on May
	15, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor