By: Miller, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 460
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2007;
  April 19, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Criminal Justice; May 17, 2007, reported adversely, with favorable
  Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 7, Nays 0;
  May 17, 2007, sent to printer.)
 
  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 460 By:  Seliger
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the offense of fraudulent use or possession of a
  person's identifying information.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 32.51(a)(1), Penal Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
               (1)  "Identifying information" means information that
  alone or in conjunction with other information identifies a person 
  [an individual], including a person's [an individual's]:
                     (A)  name and[,] social security number, date of
  birth, or [and] government-issued identification number;
                     (B)  unique biometric data, including the
  person's [individual's] fingerprint, voice print, or [and] retina
  or iris image;
                     (C)  unique electronic identification number,
  address, [and] routing code, or financial institution account
  number; and
                     (D)  telecommunication identifying information or
  access device.
         SECTION 2.  Sections 32.51(b), (c), and (e), Penal Code, are
  amended to read as follows:
         (b)  A person commits an offense if the person, with the
  intent to harm or defraud another, obtains, possesses, transfers,
  or uses an item of identifying information of:
               (1)  a deceased natural person, including a stillborn
  infant or fetus, without legal authorization; or
               (2)  another person without the other person's consent
  [and with intent to harm or defraud another].
         (c)  An offense under this section is:
               (1)  a state jail felony if the number of items
  obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is less than five;
               (2)  a felony of the third degree if the number of items
  obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is five or more but less
  than 10;
               (3)  a felony of the second degree if the number of
  items obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is 10 or more but
  less than 50; or
               (4)  a felony of the first degree if the number of items
  obtained, possessed, transferred, or used is 50 or more.
         (e)  If conduct that constitutes an offense under this
  section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor
  may be prosecuted under this section, [or] the other law, or both.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.  
  An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
  covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the
  former law is continued in effect for that purpose.  For purposes of
  this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of
  this Act if any element of the offense was committed before that
  date.
         SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
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