Bill Text: TX HB4602 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of organized retail theft.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-04-29 - Left pending in committee [HB4602 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB4602-Introduced.html
By: González of Dallas | H.B. No. 4602 |
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relating to the prosecution of the criminal offense of organized | ||
retail theft. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 31.16(b), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(b) A person commits an offense if, with the intent to | ||
facilitate the redistribution of retail merchandise, the person | ||
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which the person receives, possesses, conceals, stores, barters, | ||
sells, or disposes of: | ||
(1) stolen retail merchandise; or | ||
(2) merchandise explicitly represented to the person | ||
as being stolen retail merchandise. | ||
SECTION 2. 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 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |