H.B. No. 1838




AN ACT

relating to the prosecution of the offense of insurance fraud; 
providing a penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 35.02, Penal Code, is amended by adding 
Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  The court shall order a defendant convicted of an 
offense under this section to pay restitution, including court 
costs and attorney's fees, to an affected insurer.
	SECTION 2.  (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                       
	(b)  The change in law made by this Act applies only to an 
offense committed on or after September 1, 2003. An offense 
committed before September 1, 2003, is covered by the law in effect 
when the offense was committed, and the former law is continued in 
effect for that purpose.  For the purposes of this subsection, an 
offense was committed before September 1, 2003, if any element of 
the offense was committed before that date.




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   President of the Senate                               Speaker of the House      

	I certify that H.B. No. 1838 was passed by the House on May 6, 
2003, by a non-record vote.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House   

	I certify that H.B. No. 1838 was passed by the Senate on May 
28, 2003, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Secretary of the Senate    



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                 Governor