Bill Text: TX SB485 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to proper venue for certain criminal prosecutions of mortgage fraud.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-17 - Effective on 9/1/11 [SB485 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB485-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 485 | ||
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| relating to proper venue for certain criminal prosecutions of | ||
| mortgage fraud. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 13.271 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 13.271. PROSECUTION OF MORTGAGE FRAUD. (a) In this | ||
| article, "real estate transaction" means a sale, lease, trade, | ||
| exchange, gift, grant, or other conveyance of a real property | ||
| interest. | ||
| (b) Any offense under Chapter 32, Penal Code, that involves | ||
| a real estate transaction may be prosecuted in: | ||
| (1) the county where the property is located; or | ||
| (2) any county in which part of the transaction | ||
| occurred, including the generation of documentation supporting the | ||
| transaction. | ||
| (c) An offense under Section 32.46, 32.48, or 32.49, Penal | ||
| Code, that involves a real estate transaction may also be | ||
| prosecuted in any county authorized by Article 13.27. | ||
| 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, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 485 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 24, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 485 passed the House on | ||
| May 19, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 148, Nays 0, one | ||
| present not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
