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Amend HB 2223 as follows:                                                    

(1)  On page 1, line 12, strike "and" and substitute ",".
	(2)  On page 1, line 14, between "account," and "the 
financial" insert "provides the financial institution with a copy 
of the criminal complaint described by Subsection (a), and requests 
that the financial institution return checks with the notation 
"forgery",".
	(3)  On page 1, line 14, strike ":" and substitute the 
following:     
	process as forgeries the checks received after the customer 
takes those actions, in accordance with the financial institution's 
customary procedures.
	(c)  A victim of identity theft who requests that a financial 
institution return checks with the notation "forgery" as provided 
by Subsection (b):
		(1)  may not assert that the financial institution is 
liable under Section 4.402 for wrongfully dishonoring a check 
returned after the victim makes the request; and
		(2)  shall hold the financial institution harmless for 
acting in accordance with the victim's request.
	(4)  Strike page 1, line 15, through page 2, line 11.