By: Miller of Erath, Harper-Brown H.B. No. 1529
(Senate Sponsor - Wentworth)
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 27, 2011;
April 28, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on
Criminal Justice; May 12, 2011, reported favorably by the
following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 12, 2011, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offense of fraudulent use or possession of
identifying information.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 32.51(a)(1), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(1) "Identifying information" means information that
alone or in conjunction with other information identifies a person,
including a person's:
(A) name and [social security number,] date of
birth[, or government-issued identification number];
(B) unique biometric data, including the
person's fingerprint, voice print, or retina or iris image;
(C) unique electronic identification number,
address, routing code, or financial institution account number;
[and]
(D) telecommunication identifying information or
access device; and
(E) social security number or other
government-issued identification number.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed,
and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For
purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the
effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred
before that date.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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