Amend SB 46 by adding the following appropriately numbered
SECTION to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the
bill accordingly:
      SECTION ____.  (a)  Title 6, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended by adding Chapter 145 to read as follows:
         CHAPTER 145.  CIVIL ACTION FOR FRAUDULENT USE OF
                      IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
      Sec. 145.001.  CAUSE OF ACTION.  A person who suffers
personal injury or property damage as a result of conduct described
by Section 32.51, Penal Code, may bring an action to recover
damages resulting from that conduct. 
      Sec. 145.002.  DAMAGES.  A person who establishes a cause of
action under this chapter is entitled to:
            (1)  actual damages;
            (2)  exemplary damages; and
            (3)  reasonable attorney's fees and court costs.
      (b)  This section applies only to a cause of action that
accrues on or after the effective date of this Act.  An action that
accrued before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
law in effect at the time the action accrued, and that law is
continued in effect for that purpose.