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By: Frullo (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) |
H.B. No. 2637 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2013; |
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April 25, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Criminal Justice; May 9, 2013, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the fraudulent use of identifying information by |
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certain sex offenders; providing criminal penalties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Article 62.102, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense |
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under this article or an attempt to commit an offense under this |
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article that the person fraudulently used identifying information |
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in violation of Section 32.51, Penal Code, during the commission or |
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attempted commission of the offense, the punishment for the offense |
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or the attempt to commit the offense is increased to the punishment |
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for the next highest degree of felony. |
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SECTION 2. Section 32.51(c-1), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(c-1) An offense described for purposes of punishment by |
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Subsections (c)(1)-(3) is increased to the next higher category of |
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offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that: |
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(1) the offense was committed against an elderly |
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individual as defined by Section 22.04; or |
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(2) the actor fraudulently used identifying |
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information with the intent to facilitate an offense under Article |
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62.102, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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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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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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