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78R7588 RCJ-D

By:  Gallego                                                      H.B. No. 2418



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a telephone dating service; providing a criminal 
penalty.       
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 35, Business & Commerce 
Code, is amended by adding Section 35.58 to read as follows:
	Sec. 35.58.  TELEPHONE DATING SERVICE.  (a)  In this section, 
"telephone dating service" means a service provided by or through 
the use of the telephone to arrange or facilitate the social 
introduction of two persons for the purpose of promoting the 
meeting of compatible individuals.  The term includes a personal 
introduction service, a compatibility matching service, or an 
escort service.
	(b)  A person commits an offense if the person enters into an 
agreement to provide telephone dating services to an individual for 
a fee or other consideration without verifying that the individual 
is 18 years of age or older.
	(c)  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.            
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 
applies only to an agreement entered into on or after that date.