By Hinojosa H.B. No. 2190 76R4291 JMC-F A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to prima facie evidence of the offense of theft by check. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Section 31.06, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-5 Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-6 (g) If the actor obtains property by promising the delivery 1-7 of a check or similar sight order for the payment of money, the 1-8 actor's failure to deliver the check or order not later than the 1-9 seventh day after the date the actor obtained the property is prima 1-10 facie evidence of the actor's intent to deprive the owner of 1-11 property under Section 31.03. 1-12 SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only 1-13 to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. 1-14 An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is 1-15 covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and 1-16 the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For 1-17 purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the 1-18 effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred 1-19 before that date. 1-20 SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-21 SECTION 4. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.