By: Miller of Erath, Harper-Brown H.B. No. 1529

(Senate Sponsor - Wentworth)

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011; April 28, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; May 12, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 12, 2011, sent to printer.)

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the offense of fraudulent use or possession of 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, including a person's:

(A) name and [social security number,] date of birth[, or government-issued identification number];

(B) unique biometric data, including the person's fingerprint, voice print, or retina or iris image;

(C) unique electronic identification number, address, routing code, or financial institution account number; [and]

(D) telecommunication identifying information or access device; and

(E) social security number or other government-issued identification number.

SECTION 2. 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 governed by the law in effect on the date 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 occurred before that date.

SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.

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