By: Lewis, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Duncan) H.B. No. 1043
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 22, 2013;
April 22, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on
Jurisprudence; May 9, 2013, reported favorably by the following
vote: Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 9, 2013, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the offense of the unauthorized duplication of certain
recordings.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 641.051, Business & Commerce Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
(e) This section does not apply to a person engaged in radio
or television broadcasting who transfers, or causes to be
transferred, a recording:
(1) intended for or in connection with a radio or
television broadcast; or
(2) for archival purposes.
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act to Section
641.051, Business & Commerce Code, does not apply to an offense
committed under that section before the effective date of this Act.
An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is
governed by that section as it existed 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 immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
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