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Senate Bill 488 |
Senate Author: Van de Putte |
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Effective: 9-1-11 |
House Sponsor: Patrick, Diane |
Senate Bill 488 amends the Business & Commerce Code to establish the Internet Dating Safety Act. The bill requires an online dating service provider that serves residents of Texas to clearly and conspicuously disclose whether the provider conducts a criminal background check on each member and requires an online dating service provider that conducts such checks to include on the provider's Internet website certain specified statements regarding criminal background checks. The bill requires each online dating service provider serving residents of Texas to provide a safety awareness notification on the provider's Internet website that includes safety measures designed to increase awareness of safer online dating practices. The bill makes an online dating service provider who violates the bill's requirements liable to the state for a civil penalty and authorizes the attorney general to seek an injunction to prevent or restrain such a violation or bring suit to recover the civil penalty.