Bill Text: TX SB222 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the venue for prosecution of certain computer crimes.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [SB222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SB222-Enrolled.html
S.B. No. 222 |
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relating to the venue for prosecution of certain computer crimes. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subsection (b), Article 13.25, Code of Criminal | ||
Procedure, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(b) An offense under Chapter 33, Penal Code, may be | ||
prosecuted in: | ||
(1) the county of the principal place of business of | ||
the owner or lessee of a computer, computer network, or computer | ||
system involved in the offense; | ||
(2) any county in which a defendant had control or | ||
possession of: | ||
(A) any proceeds of the offense; or | ||
(B) any books, records, documents, property, | ||
negotiable instruments, computer programs, or other material used | ||
in furtherance of the offense; [ |
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(3) any county from which, to which, or through which | ||
access to a computer, computer network, computer program, or | ||
computer system was made in violation of Chapter 33, whether by | ||
wires, electromagnetic waves, microwaves, or any other means of | ||
communication; or | ||
(4) any county in which an individual who is a victim | ||
of the offense resides. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act applies only to a criminal case in which | ||
the indictment, information, or complaint is presented to the court | ||
on or after the effective date of this Act. A criminal case in which | ||
the indictment, information, or complaint was presented to the | ||
court before the effective date of this Act is governed by the law | ||
in effect when the indictment, information, or complaint was | ||
presented, and the former law is continued in effect for that | ||
purpose. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 222 passed the Senate on | ||
March 21, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 222 passed the House on | ||
May 16, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 3, two | ||
present not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
Approved: | ||
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Date | ||
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Governor |