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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the fraudulent use of a child's identifying |
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information. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 32.51(b), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) A person commits an offense if the person, with intent |
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to harm or defraud another, obtains, possesses, transfers, or uses |
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identifying information of: |
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(1) another person without the other person's consent; |
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or |
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(2) a child younger than 18 years of age [and with
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intent to harm or defraud another]. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and |
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the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |