H.B. No. 2897

	AN ACT
	relating to the prosecution of the offense of theft of service.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 31.04(c), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(c)  For purposes of Subsections (a)(4), (b)(2), (b)(4), and
	(b)(5), notice must be:
	(1)  in writing;
	(2)  sent by:
	(A)  registered or certified mail with return
	receipt requested; or
	(B)  commercial delivery service; and
	(3)  sent to the actor using the actor's mailing address
	shown on:
	(A)  the rental agreement or service agreement;
	(B)  records of the person whose service was
	secured; or
	(C)  if the actor secured performance of service
	by issuing or passing a check or similar sight order for the payment
	of money, using the actor's address shown on:
	(i)  the check or order; or
	(ii)  the records of the bank or other drawee
	on which the check or order is drawn.
	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, 2023.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2897 was passed by the House on May 2,
	2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 1, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2897 was passed by the Senate on May
	18, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor