By Jones of Dallas                                    H.B. No. 2928
         77R7636 JMG-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to an interim committee to study debit card fraud on
 1-3     certain individuals.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  DEFINITION. In this Act, "elderly individual" has
 1-6     the meaning assigned by Section 22.04(c), Penal Code.
 1-7           SECTION 2.  DEBIT CARD FRAUD ON ELDERLY INDIVIDUALS INTERIM
 1-8     COMMITTEE. The debit card fraud on elderly individuals interim
 1-9     committee is established to study and report on the prevention and
1-10     detection of debit card fraud on elderly individuals.
1-11           SECTION 3.  MEMBERSHIP; OFFICERS. (a)  As soon as practicable
1-12     after the effective date of this Act, the committee shall be
1-13     appointed as follows:
1-14                 (1)  one member appointed by the governor;
1-15                 (2)  one member appointed by the lieutenant governor;
1-16                 (3)  two members appointed by the banking commissioner
1-17     of Texas, with one of the appointees being a banker; and
1-18                 (4)  one member from the attorney general's consumer
1-19     protection division, appointed by the division chief of the
1-20     consumer protection division.
1-21           (b)  The committee members shall select from among their
1-22     membership a presiding officer.
1-23           SECTION 4.  ASSISTANCE; EXPENSES. (a)  The committee may
1-24     request assistance and information, other than confidential
 2-1     information, from the attorney general. The  attorney general shall
 2-2     provide the assistance and information requested to the extent
 2-3     practicable.
 2-4           (b)  Members of the committee serve without compensation.
 2-5           SECTION 5.  COMMITTEE DUTIES. The committee shall study and
 2-6     evaluate:
 2-7                 (1)  prevention of debit card fraud on elderly
 2-8     individuals;
 2-9                 (2)  detection of debit card fraud on elderly
2-10     individuals;
2-11                 (3)  the effect of possible enhancements of criminal
2-12     penalties for debit card fraud on elderly individuals;
2-13                 (4)  the effect of placing an identification picture on
2-14     the debit cards of elderly individuals; and
2-15                 (5)  other topics the committee considers appropriate.
2-16           SECTION 6.  REPORT. Not later than December 31, 2002, the
2-17     committee shall file a report of the committee's activities,
2-18     findings, and recommendations with the governor and lieutenant
2-19     governor. The report shall include any recommendations for
2-20     legislative or administrative action the committee considers
2-21     appropriate.
2-22           SECTION 7.  EXPIRATION. The committee is abolished and this
2-23     Act expires September 1, 2003.
2-24           SECTION 8.  EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect immediately
2-25     if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to
2-26     each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas
2-27     Constitution.  If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for
 3-1     immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2001.