H.B. No. 523
AN ACT
relating to the contents of a receipt issued for payment of a good
or service; providing a civil penalty.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 501, Business & Commerce
Code, as effective April 1, 2009, is amended by adding Section
501.1011 to read as follows:
Sec. 501.1011. SALES RECEIPT CONTAINING DRIVER'S LICENSE
NUMBER PROHIBITED. A person may not print an individual's driver's
license number on a receipt that evidences payment for a sale of
goods or services and is provided to the individual.
SECTION 2. Section 501.102, Business & Commerce Code, as
effective April 1, 2009, is amended by amending Subsection (a) and
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a) A person who violates Section 501.101 [this subchapter]
is liable to this state for a civil penalty in an amount not to
exceed $500 for each violation. The attorney general or the
prosecuting attorney in the county in which the violation occurs
may bring an action to recover the civil penalty imposed under this
subsection [section].
(a-1) A person who violates Section 501.1011 is liable to
this state for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $500 for
each calendar month in which a violation occurs. The civil penalty
may not be imposed for more than one violation that occurs in a
month. The attorney general or the prosecuting attorney in the
county in which the violation occurs may bring an action to recover
the civil penalty imposed under this subsection.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect January 1, 2010.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 523 was passed by the House on April
15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 523 was passed by the Senate on May
14, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor