Enrolled Bill Summary

            Senate Bill 89 amends the Transportation Code to establish that a person under 21 years of age who possesses a falsified identification card from an agency of this state, another state, or the United States, with the intent to represent that the person is 21 years old or older, commits a Class C misdemeanor. The act enhances the penalty for possessing with intent to sell, distribute, or deliver a forged or counterfeit instrument to a Class A misdemeanor, and the offense of manufacturing or producing a forged counterfeit instrument is made a third-degree felony. The offense of possessing a forged counterfeit instrument is established as a Class C misdemeanor. The act clarifies that falsifying documents from other state governments or the United States is included under the established offenses.