H.B. No. 3746
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to investigations of certain offenses involving the
  Internet-based sexual exploitation of a minor; creating the
  Internet crimes against children account to support those
  activities.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  This Act shall be known as Alicia's Law.
         SECTION 2.  Subtitle B, Title 4, Government Code, is amended
  by adding Chapter 422 to read as follows:
  CHAPTER 422. INTERNET-BASED SEXUAL EXPLOITATION OF MINOR
         Sec. 422.001.  DEFINITION. In this chapter, "ICAC task
  force" means an Internet Crimes Against Children task force that
  is:
               (1)  located in this state; and
               (2)  recognized by the United States Department of
  Justice.
         Sec. 422.002.  INTERNET CRIMES AGAINST CHILDREN ACCOUNT.
  (a)  The Internet crimes against children account is an account in
  the general revenue fund.
         (b)  The account consists of:
               (1)  money transferred by the legislature directly to
  the account; and
               (2)  gifts, grants, or donations.
         (c)  Interest earned on the account shall be credited to the
  account.
         (d)  Section 403.095 does not apply to the account.
         (e)  Money in the account may be appropriated only to support
  the administration and activities of an ICAC task force.
         (f)  Any money in the account that is appropriated in a state
  fiscal year under Subsection (e) shall be appropriated in equal
  amounts to each ICAC task force.
         Sec. 422.003.  ADMINISTRATIVE SUBPOENA. (a) The attorney
  general shall assist persons authorized under this section in
  obtaining administrative subpoenas to investigate and prosecute
  offenses that involve the Internet-based sexual exploitation of a
  minor.
         (b)  A prosecuting attorney or an officer of an ICAC task
  force may issue and cause to be served an administrative subpoena
  that requires the production of records or other documentation as
  described by Subsection (d) if:
               (1)  the subpoena relates to an investigation of an
  offense that involves the sexual exploitation of a minor; and
               (2)  there is reasonable cause to believe that an
  Internet or electronic service account provided through an
  electronic communication service or remote computing service has
  been used in the sexual exploitation or attempted sexual
  exploitation of the minor.
         (c)  A subpoena under Subsection (b) must:
               (1)  describe any objects or items to be produced; and
               (2)  prescribe a reasonable return date by which those
  objects or items must be assembled and made available.
         (d)  Except as provided by Subsection (e), a subpoena issued
  under Subsection (b) may require the production of any records or
  other documentation relevant to the investigation, including:
               (1)  a name;
               (2)  an address;
               (3)  a local or long distance telephone connection
  record, satellite-based Internet service provider connection
  record, or record of session time and duration;
               (4)  the duration of the applicable service, including
  the start date for the service and the type of service used;
               (5)  a telephone or instrument number or other number
  used to identify a subscriber, including a temporarily assigned
  network address; and
               (6)  the source of payment for the service, including a
  credit card or bank account number.
         (e)  A provider of an electronic communication service or
  remote computing service may not disclose the following information
  in response to a subpoena issued under Subsection (b):
               (1)  an in-transit electronic communication;
               (2)  an account membership related to an Internet
  group, newsgroup, mailing list, or specific area of interest;
               (3)  an account password; or
               (4)  any account content, including:
                     (A)  any form of electronic mail;
                     (B)  an address book, contact list, or buddy list;
                     (C)  a financial record;
                     (D)  Internet proxy content or Internet history;
  or
                     (E)  a file or other digital document stored in
  the account or as part of the use of the account.
         (f)  A provider of an electronic communication service or
  remote computing service shall disclose the information described
  by Subsection (e) if that disclosure is required by court order.
         (g)  A person authorized to serve process under the Texas
  Rules of Civil Procedure may serve a subpoena issued under
  Subsection (b). The person shall serve the subpoena in accordance
  with the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure.
         (h)  Before the return date specified on a subpoena issued
  under Subsection (b), the person receiving the subpoena may, in an
  appropriate court located in the county where the subpoena was
  issued, petition for an order to modify or quash the subpoena or to
  prohibit disclosure of applicable information by a court.
         (i)  If a criminal case or proceeding does not result from
  the production of records or other documentation under this section
  within a reasonable period, the prosecuting attorney or ICAC task
  force shall, as appropriate:
               (1)  destroy the records or documentation; or
               (2)  return the records or documentation to the person
  who produced the records or documentation.
         Sec. 422.004.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF INFORMATION.  Any
  information, records, or data reported or obtained under a subpoena
  issued under Section 422.003(b):
               (1)  is confidential; and
               (2)  may not be disclosed to any other person unless the
  disclosure is made as part of a criminal case related to those
  materials.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3746 was passed by the House on May
  13, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 3746 was passed by the Senate on May
  25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor