By: Huffman  S.B. No. 1098
         (In the Senate - Filed March 2, 2011; March 16, 2011, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Jurisprudence;
  March 30, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
  Nays 0; March 30, 2011, sent to printer.)
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to certain offenses involving unauthorized recordings.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subdivision (4), Section 641.001, Business &
  Commerce Code, is amended to read as follows:
               (4)  "Recording" means a tangible medium on which
  sounds, images, or both are recorded or otherwise stored,
  including:
                     (A)  an original phonograph record, disc, tape,
  audio or video cassette, wire, film, memory card, flash drive, hard
  drive, data storage device, or other medium now existing or later
  developed; or
                     (B)  a copy or reproduction that wholly or partly
  duplicates the original.
         SECTION 2.  The heading to Section 641.054, Business &
  Commerce Code, is amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 641.054.  IMPROPER LABELING.
         SECTION 3.  Subsection (b), Section 641.054, Business &
  Commerce Code, is amended to read as follows:
         (b)  An offense under this section is punishable by:
               (1)  imprisonment for a term of not more than five
  years, a fine of not less than $500 and not more than [to exceed]
  $250,000, or both imprisonment and the fine, if:
                     (A)  the offense involves [at least] 65 or more
  improperly labeled [unauthorized] recordings during a 180-day
  period; or
                     (B)  the defendant has been previously convicted
  under this section;
               (2)  imprisonment for a term of not more than two years,
  a fine of not less than $250 and not more than [to exceed] $250,000,
  or both imprisonment and the fine, if the offense involves more than
  seven but fewer than 65 improperly labeled [unauthorized]
  recordings during a 180-day period; or
               (3)  confinement in the county jail for a term of not
  more than one year, a fine of not less than $100 and not more than
  [to exceed] $25,000, or both confinement and the fine, if the
  offense is not otherwise punishable under Subdivision (1) or (2).
         SECTION 4.  Section 641.055, Business & Commerce Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         Sec. 641.055.  FORFEITURE.  If a person is convicted of an
  offense under [a violation of] this chapter, the court in its
  judgment of conviction shall order the forfeiture and destruction
  or other disposition of:
               (1)  all recordings on which the conviction is based;
  [and]
               (2)  all devices and equipment used or intended to be
  used in the manufacture of the recordings on which the conviction is
  based; and
               (3)  for an offense punishable as a felony, all
  contraband, as that term is defined by Article 59.01, Code of
  Criminal Procedure, that is used in the commission of the offense.
         SECTION 5.  Article 42.037, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Subsections (t) and (u) to read as follows:
         (t)  If a person is convicted of an offense under Section
  641.054, Business & Commerce Code, the court shall order the person
  to make restitution to an owner or lawful producer of a master
  recording that has suffered financial loss as a result of the
  offense or to a trade association that represents that owner or
  lawful producer.  The amount of restitution ordered shall be:
               (1)  the greater of:
                     (A)  the aggregate wholesale value of the lawfully
  manufactured and authorized recordings corresponding to the number
  of nonconforming recordings involved in the offense; or
                     (B)  the actual financial loss to the owner,
  lawful producer, or trade association; and
               (2)  the costs associated with investigating the
  offense.
         (u)  For purposes of Subsection (t):
               (1)  the calculation of the aggregate wholesale value
  is based on the average wholesale value of the lawfully
  manufactured and authorized recordings; and
               (2)  the specific wholesale value of each nonconforming
  recording is not relevant to the calculation.
  SECTION 6.  Subdivision (2), Article 59.01, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, as amended by Chapters 153 (S.B. 2225), 1130 (H.B.
  2086), and 1357 (S.B. 554), Acts of the 81st Legislature, Regular
  Session, 2009, is reenacted and amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Contraband" means property of any nature,
  including real, personal, tangible, or intangible, that is:
                     (A)  used in the commission of:
                           (i)  any first or second degree felony under
  the Penal Code;
                           (ii)  any felony under Section 15.031(b),
  20.05, 21.11, 38.04, Subchapter B of Chapter 43, or Chapter 29, 30,
  31, 32, 33, 33A, or 35, Penal Code;
                           (iii)  any felony under The Securities Act
  (Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or
                           (iv)  any offense under Chapter 49, Penal
  Code, that is punishable as a felony of the third degree or state
  jail felony, if the defendant has been previously convicted three
  times of an offense under that chapter;
                     (B)  used or intended to be used in the commission
  of:
                           (i)  any felony under Chapter 481, Health
  and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act);
                           (ii)  any felony under Chapter 483, Health
  and Safety Code;
                           (iii)  a felony under Chapter 153, Finance
  Code;
                           (iv)  any felony under Chapter 34, Penal
  Code;
                           (v)  a Class A misdemeanor under Subchapter
  B, Chapter 365, Health and Safety Code, if the defendant has been
  previously convicted twice of an offense under that subchapter;
                           (vi)  any felony under Chapter 152, Finance
  Code;
                           (vii)  any felony under Chapter 32, Human
  Resources Code, or Chapter 31, 32, 35A, or 37, Penal Code, that
  involves the state Medicaid program;
                           (viii)  a Class B misdemeanor under Chapter
  522, Business & Commerce Code;
                           (ix)  a Class A misdemeanor under Section
  306.051, Business & Commerce Code; [or]
                           (x)  any offense under Section 42.10, Penal
  Code;
                           (xi) [(x)]  any offense under Section
  46.06(a)(1) or 46.14, Penal Code;
                           (xii) [(x)]  any offense under Chapter 71,
  Penal Code; or
                           (xiii)  any felony under Chapter 641,
  Business & Commerce Code;
                     (C)  the proceeds gained from the commission of a
  felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, a
  misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(viii), (x), (xi), or (xii) 
  [(B)(viii) or (x)] of this subdivision, or a crime of violence;
                     (D)  acquired with proceeds gained from the
  commission of a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this
  subdivision, a misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(viii), (x),
  (xi), or (xii) [(B)(viii) or (x)] of this subdivision, or a crime of
  violence; or
                     (E)  used to facilitate or intended to be used to
  facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 15.031 or
  43.25, Penal Code.
         SECTION 7.  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 at the time the offense was committed.
  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 8.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
  over another Act of the 82nd Legislature, Regular Session, 2011,
  relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
  codes.
         SECTION 9.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
 
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