Bill Text: TX SB207 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the offense of money laundering.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB207 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB207-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 207 |
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relating to the offense of money laundering. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 34.01(2), Penal Code, is amended to read | ||
as follows: | ||
(2) "Funds" includes: | ||
(A) coin or paper money of the United States or | ||
any other country that is designated as legal tender and that | ||
circulates and is customarily used and accepted as a medium of | ||
exchange in the country of issue; | ||
(B) United States silver certificates, United | ||
States Treasury notes, and Federal Reserve System notes; | ||
(C) an official foreign bank note that is | ||
customarily used and accepted as a medium of exchange in a foreign | ||
country and a foreign bank draft; and | ||
(D) currency or its equivalent, including an | ||
electronic fund, a personal check, a bank check, a traveler's | ||
check, a money order, a bearer negotiable instrument, a bearer | ||
investment security, a bearer security, a certificate of stock in a | ||
form that allows title to pass on delivery, [ |
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as defined by Section 604.001, Business & Commerce Code, or a | ||
digital currency. | ||
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. | ||
______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 207 passed the Senate on | ||
May 10, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 207 passed the House on | ||
May 22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 6, | ||
two present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |