Bill Text: TX SB1110 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting to commit theft to complete an education program offered by a merchant.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-28 - No action taken in committee [SB1110 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1110-Introduced.html
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By: Birdwell | S.B. No. 1110 |
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relating to allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting | ||
to commit theft to complete an education program offered by a | ||
merchant. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 124.001, Civil Practice and Remedies | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 124.001. DETENTION. (a) A person who reasonably | ||
believes that another has stolen or is attempting to steal property | ||
is privileged to detain that person in a reasonable manner and for a | ||
reasonable time to investigate ownership of the property. | ||
(b) A person who is in the business of selling goods or | ||
services as a merchant is not precluded from: | ||
(1) offering a person who is suspected of stealing or | ||
attempting to steal property from the merchant an opportunity to | ||
complete the merchant's education program instead of reporting the | ||
suspected offense to a law enforcement agency; | ||
(2) informing the other person of the civil and | ||
criminal remedies available to the merchant and the state; and | ||
(3) reducing or waiving a fee for the education | ||
program based on the other person's ability to pay. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |