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AN ACT
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relating to the fraudulent use of a child's identifying |
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information. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.51(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person, with intent |
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to harm or defraud another, obtains, possesses, transfers, or uses |
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identifying information of: |
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(1) another person without the other person's consent; |
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or |
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(2) a child younger than 18 years of age [and with
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intent to harm or defraud another]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 649 was passed by the House on May 11, |
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2007, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 649 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |