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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of the criminal offense of impersonating a |
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private investigator. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter P, Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 1702.3876 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 1702.3876. IMPERSONATING PRIVATE INVESTIGATOR; |
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OFFENSE. (a) A person commits an offense if the person: |
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(1) impersonates a private investigator with the |
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intent to induce another to submit to the person's pretended |
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authority or to rely on the person's pretended acts of a private |
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investigator; or |
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(2) knowingly purports to exercise any function that |
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requires licensure as a private investigator. |
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(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, |
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except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if it is |
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shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has previously |
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been convicted of an offense under this section. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |