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Amend SB 6 (House Committee Printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 1 of the bill, strike added Subdivision (2), Article 24A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 1, lines 17-18),
and substitute the following:
(2) is served on or issued with respect to an Internet
service provider, electronic communications service provider, or
remote computing service provider that provides service in this
state or to any person or entity located in this state.
(2) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subchapter A, Chapter
24A, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 1, between lines 18 and 19),
between added Articles 24A.001 and 24A.002, insert the following:
Art. 24A.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Electronic communications service provider"
means a company or other entity that provides to users of the
company's or entity's service the ability to send and receive wire
or electronic communications.
(2) "Internet service provider" means a company or
other entity that provides Internet connectivity to the company's
or entity's customers.
(3) "Remote computing service provider" means a
company or other entity that provides computer storage or
processing services to the public by means of an electronic
communications system.
(3) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 24A.002, Code
of Criminal Procedure (page 1, line 19), strike "Art. 24A.002" and
substitute "Art. 24A.003".
(4) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (a),
Article 24A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 1, line 21),
strike "Internet service provider" and substitute "Internet
service provider, electronic communications service provider, or
remote computing service provider".
(5) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (a),
Article 24A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 1, line 23),
strike "Internet service".
(6) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subdivision (2),
Subsection (a), Article 24A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure (page
2, line 3), strike "Internet service".
(7) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (b),
Article 24A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 2, line 6),
strike "Internet service provider" and substitute "Internet
service provider, electronic communications service provider, or
remote computing service provider".
(8) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (b),
Article 24A.002, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 2, lines 8-9),
strike "Internet service".
(9) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 24A.003, Code
of Criminal Procedure (page 2, line 21), strike "Art. 24A.003" and
substitute "Art. 24A.004".
(10) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 24A.003,
Code of Criminal Procedure (page 2, line 22), strike "Internet
service provider" and substitute "Internet service provider,
electronic communications service provider, or remote computing
service provider".
(11) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Article 24A.003,
Code of Criminal Procedure (page 2, line 25), strike "Article
24A.002(a)(2)" and substitute "Article 24A.003(a)(2)".
(12) In the expansion clause, on page 2, line 27, strike
"Articles 24A.004" and substitute "Articles 24A.005".
(13) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (a),
Article 24A.051, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 3, lines 5-6),
strike "Internet service provider that provides service in this
state" and substitute "Internet service provider, electronic
communications service provider, or remote computing service
provider".
(14) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (a),
Article 24A.051, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 3, line 8),
strike "Internet service".
(15) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (b),
Article 24A.051, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 3, line 10),
strike "an Internet service" and substitute "a".
(16) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (b),
Article 24A.051, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 3, line 12),
strike "Internet service".
(17) In SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Subsection (c),
Article 24A.051, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 3, line 14),
strike "An Internet service" and substitute "A".
(18) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to
the bill and renumber subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. Subchapter D, Chapter 35, Business & Commerce
Code, is amended by adding Section 35.532 to read as follows:
Sec. 35.532. DISCLOSURE OF CERTAIN SEX OFFENDER SCREENINGS
REQUIRED. (a) In this section, "Internet dating service" means a
service that is provided over the Internet and is designed to
arrange or facilitate the social introduction of two or more
persons for the purpose of promoting the meeting of compatible
individuals. The term includes compatibility evaluations.
(b) A provider of Internet dating services shall disclose to
users of the services who have Texas addresses or zip codes whether
the provider, using a database with substantial national coverage
of felony convictions and of offenses for which a person is required
to register as a sex offender under the laws of this or any other
state, screens users of the Internet dating services. If a provider
of Internet dating services screens users of the Internet dating
services in a manner described by this subsection, the provider
must include a description of any limitations of the screening tool
used by the provider.
(c) A provider of Internet dating services:
(1) shall include the disclosure required by
Subsection (b) in a clear and conspicuous manner in all
communications the provider has with all users of the provider's
services; and
(2) must provide the disclosure required by Subsection
(b) to users of the services who have Texas addresses or zip codes
before allowing those users to communicate with other users of the
services.
(d) Failure to provide the disclosure required by this
section in the manner and at the time required by this section is a
deceptive trade practice under Subchapter E, Chapter 17.
(e) The attorney general may adopt rules as necessary to
implement and enforce this section.