Bill Text: TX SB575 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced

Texas Senate Bill 575 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to the offense of the unauthorized duplication of certain recordings.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-02-20 - Referred to Jurisprudence [SB575 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-SB575-Introduced.html

	83R1618 DDT-F

	By: Duncan	S.B. No. 575



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the offense of the unauthorized duplication of certain
	recordings.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 641.051, Business & Commerce Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e) This section does not apply to:
	(1) a person engaged in Internet, radio, or television
	broadcasting who transfers, or causes to be transferred, a
	recording:
	(A) intended for or in connection with an
	Internet, radio, or television broadcast; or
	(B) for archival purposes; or
	(2) an Internet service provider that is only
	providing a conduit for access to the Internet that is used for the
	transfer of a recording by another person.
	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
	641.051, Business & Commerce Code, does not apply to an offense
	committed under that section before the effective date of this Act.
	An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by that section as it existed 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 immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.