By: England (Senate Sponsor - Seliger) H.B. No. 2031
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 2009;
May 4, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 20, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 20, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the definition of sight order for purposes of
prosecuting certain criminal offenses.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1.07(a), Penal Code, is amended by
adding Subdivision (46-a) to read as follows:
(46-a) "Sight order" means a written or electronic
instruction to pay money that is authorized by the person giving the
instruction and that is payable on demand or at a definite time by
the person being instructed to pay. The term includes a check, an
electronic debit, or an automatic bank draft.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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