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Amend HB 2474 as follows:                                                    
	(1)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in Paragraph (B), Subdivision 
(3), Subsection (c), Section 16.02, Penal Code (Introduced version 
page 2, line 16), following the semicolon, add "or".
	(2)  In SECTION 1 of the bill, in Subdivision (3), Subsection 
(c), Section 16.02, Penal Code (Introduced version page 2, line 17 
through page 3, line 4), strike added Paragraphs (C) and (D) and 
substitute:
			(C)  a wire or electronic communication made by a 
computer trespasser and transmitted to, through, or from a 
protected computer, if:
				(i)  the interception did not acquire a 
communication other than one transmitted to or from the computer 
trespasser;
				(ii)  the owner of the protected computer 
consented to the interception of the computer trespasser's 
communications on the protected computer; and
				(iii)  actor was lawfully engaged in an 
ongoing criminal investigation and the actor had reasonable 
suspicion to believe that the contents of the computer trespasser's 
communications likely to be obtained would be material to the 
investigation;
	(3)  In SECTION 2 of the bill, in added Subdivision (25), 
Section 1, Article 18.20, Code of Criminal Procedure (Introduced 
version page 6, line 19), between "computer" and the period, insert 
".  The term does not include a person who accesses the computer 
under an existing contractual relationship with the owner or 
operator of the protected computer".
	(4)  In SECTION 7 of the bill, in added Subsection (g), 
Section 16, Article 18.20, Code of Criminal Procedure (Introduced 
version page 10, line 26), between "required by" and the colon, 
insert "a good faith reliance on".
	(5)  In SECTION 8 of the bill, in added Subdivision (6), 
Section 1, Article 18.21, Code of Criminal Procedure (Introduced 
version page 12, line 21), between "device" and "that", insert "or 
process".
	(6)  In SECTION 8 of the bill, in renumbered Subdivision (10), 
Section 1, Article 18.21, Code of Criminal Procedure (Introduced 
version page 13, line 24), between "device" and "that ", insert "or 
process".