BILL ANALYSIS
Senate Research Center H.B. 2031
81R3436 SJM-D By: England (Seliger)
AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT
An increasing number of rental unit tenants pay their rent online with credit cards and the automated clearinghouse (ACH) debit system. The ACH, being an automated electronic system, is treated differently under the law than a signed bank check, and when there is not sufficient money in the account from which ACH attempts to draw money, there is no penalty under the law. Although Chapter 31 (Theft) and Chapter 32 (Fraud), Penal Code, reference sight orders, there is no definition.
This bill adds the definition of "sight order" to the Penal Code for the purposes of prosecuting these offenses under Chapter 31 and Chapter 32, Penal Code.
H.B. 2031 relates to the definition of sight order for purposes of prosecuting certain criminal offenses.
RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS
SECTION 1. Amends Section 1.07(a), Penal Code, by adding Subdivision (46-a), to define "sight order."
SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 2009.