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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to using the Internet to obtain identifying information |
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about an elderly individual for a fraudulent purpose. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 325.006, Business & Commerce Code, is |
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amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsection (f) to |
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read as follows: |
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(c) The court may increase the amount of an award of actual |
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damages in an action brought under this section to an amount not to |
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exceed three times the actual damages sustained if the court finds |
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that the violation: |
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(1) has reoccurred with sufficient frequency to |
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constitute a pattern or practice; or |
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(2) adversely affected an elderly individual. |
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(f) In this section, "elderly individual" has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 22.04, Penal Code. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |