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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the punishment for the offense of breach of computer |
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security. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 33.01, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Subdivisions (10-a) and (14-a) to read as follows: |
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(10-a) "Critical infrastructure facility" means: |
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(A) a chemical manufacturing facility; |
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(B) a refinery; |
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(C) an electrical power generating facility, |
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substation, switching station, electrical control center, or |
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electrical transmission or distribution facility; |
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(D) a water intake structure, water treatment |
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facility, wastewater treatment plant, or pump station; |
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(E) a natural gas transmission compressor |
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station; |
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(F) a liquid natural gas terminal or storage |
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facility; |
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(G) a telecommunications central switching |
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office; |
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(H) a port, railroad switching yard, trucking |
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terminal, or other freight transportation facility; |
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(I) a gas processing plant, including a plant |
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used in the processing, treatment, or fractionation of natural gas; |
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or |
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(J) a transmission facility used by a federally |
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licensed radio or television station. |
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(14-a) "Identifying information" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 32.51(a)(1). |
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SECTION 2. Section 33.02, Penal Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (b) and (d) and adding Subsections (b-1) and |
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(b-2) to read as follows: |
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(b) Except as provided by Subsections (b-1) and (b-2), an |
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[An] offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. |
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(b-1) Subject to Subsection (b-2), if [unless] in |
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committing the offense the actor knowingly obtains a benefit, |
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defrauds or harms another, or alters, damages, or deletes property, |
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an [in which event the] offense under this section is: |
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(1) a Class A misdemeanor if the aggregate amount |
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involved is less than $1,500; |
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(2) a state jail felony if: |
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(A) the aggregate amount involved is $1,500 or |
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more but less than $20,000; or |
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(B) the aggregate amount involved is less than |
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$1,500 and the defendant has been previously convicted two or more |
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times of an offense under this chapter; |
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(3) a felony of the third degree if the aggregate |
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amount involved is $20,000 or more but less than $100,000; |
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(4) a felony of the second degree if the aggregate |
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amount involved is $100,000 or more but less than $200,000; or |
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(5) a felony of the first degree if the aggregate |
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amount involved is $200,000 or more. |
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(b-2) An offense under this section other than an offense |
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punishable as a felony of the first degree is a felony of the second |
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degree if: |
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(1) in committing the offense, the actor accesses the |
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identifying information of another; or |
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(2) the computer, computer network, or computer system |
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is owned by the government or a critical infrastructure facility. |
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(d) A person who is [his] subject to prosecution under this |
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section and any other section of this code may be prosecuted under |
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either or both sections. |
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SECTION 3. 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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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For purposes of |
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this section, an offense was committed before the effective date of |
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this Act if any element of the offense occurred before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |