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1	1	By: Ellis S.B. No. 529
2	2	(Oliveira)
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the creation of the offense of installation, transfer,
8	8	use, or possession of an automated sales suppression device or
9	9	phantom-ware.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Subtitle B, Title 10, Business & Commerce Code,
12	12	is amended by adding Chapter 326 to read as follows:
13	13	CHAPTER 326. AUTOMATED SALES SUPPRESSION DEVICES; PHANTOM-WARE
14	14	Sec. 326.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
15	15	(1) "Automated sales suppression device" means a
16	16	device or software program that falsifies an electronic record,
17	17	including transaction data or a transaction report, of an
18	18	electronic cash register or other point-of-sale system. The term
19	19	includes a device that carries the software program or an Internet
20	20	link to the software program.
21	21	(2) "Electronic cash register" means a device or
22	22	point-of-sale system that maintains a register or documentation
23	23	through an electronic device or computer system that is designed to
24	24	record transaction data for the purpose of computing, compiling, or
25	25	processing retail sales transaction data.
26	26	(3) "Phantom-ware" means a hidden programming option
27	27	that is embedded in the operating system of an electronic cash
28	28	register or hardwired into an electronic cash register and that may
29	29	be used to create a second set of transaction reports or to
30	30	eliminate or manipulate an original transaction report, which may
31	31	or may not be preserved in a digital format, to represent the
32	32	original or manipulated report of a transaction in the electronic
33	33	cash register.
34	34	(4) "Transaction data" includes data identifying an
35	35	item purchased by a customer, a price for an item, a taxability
36	36	determination for an item, a segregated tax amount for an item, an
37	37	amount of cash or credit tendered for an item, a net amount of cash
38	38	returned to a customer who purchased an item, a date or time of a
39	39	purchase, a receipt or invoice number for a transaction, and a
40	40	vendor's name, address, or identification number.
41	41	(5) "Transaction report" means a report that:
42	42	(A) contains documentation of each sale, amount
43	43	of tax or fee collected, media total, or discount void at an
44	44	electronic cash register and that is printed on a cash register tape
45	45	at the end of a day or a shift; or
46	46	(B) documents every action at an electronic cash
47	47	register and is stored electronically.
48	48	Sec. 326.002. AUTOMATED SALES SUPPRESSION DEVICES AND
49	49	PHANTOM-WARE PROHIBITED; CRIMINAL OFFENSE. (a) A person commits
50	50	an offense if the person knowingly sells, purchases, installs,
51	51	transfers, uses, or possesses an automated sales suppression device
52	52	or phantom-ware.
53	53	(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
54	54	SECTION 2. Subdivision (2), Article 59.01, Code of Criminal
55	55	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
56	56	(2) "Contraband" means property of any nature,
57	57	including real, personal, tangible, or intangible, that is:
58	58	(A) used in the commission of:
59	59	(i) any first or second degree felony under
60	60	the Penal Code;
61	61	(ii) any felony under Section 15.031(b),
62	62	20.05, 21.11, 38.04, or Chapter 43, 20A, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 33A, or
63	63	35, Penal Code;
64	64	(iii) any felony under The Securities Act
65	65	(Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or
66	66	(iv) any offense under Chapter 49, Penal
67	67	Code, that is punishable as a felony of the third degree or state
68	68	jail felony, if the defendant has been previously convicted three
69	69	times of an offense under that chapter;
70	70	(B) used or intended to be used in the commission
71	71	of:
72	72	(i) any felony under Chapter 481, Health
73	73	and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act);
74	74	(ii) any felony under Chapter 483, Health
75	75	and Safety Code;
76	76	(iii) a felony under Chapter 153, Finance
77	77	Code;
78	78	(iv) any felony under Chapter 34, Penal
79	79	Code;
80	80	(v) a Class A misdemeanor under Subchapter
81	81	B, Chapter 365, Health and Safety Code, if the defendant has been
82	82	previously convicted twice of an offense under that subchapter;
83	83	(vi) any felony under Chapter 152, Finance
84	84	Code;
85	85	(vii) any felony under Chapter 32, Human
86	86	Resources Code, or Chapter 31, 32, 35A, or 37, Penal Code, that
87	87	involves the state Medicaid program;
88	88	(viii) a Class B misdemeanor under Chapter
89	89	522, Business & Commerce Code;
90	90	(ix) a Class A misdemeanor under Section
91	91	306.051, Business & Commerce Code;
92	92	(x) any offense under Section 42.10, Penal
93	93	Code;
94	94	(xi) any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1)
95	95	or 46.14, Penal Code;
96	96	(xii) any offense under Chapter 71, Penal
97	97	Code; [or]
98	98	(xiii) any offense under Section 20.05,
99	99	Penal Code; or
100	100	(xiv) an offense under Section 326.002,
101	101	Business & Commerce Code;
102	102	(C) the proceeds gained from the commission of a
103	103	felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, a
104	104	misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(viii), (x), (xi), or (xii) of
105	105	this subdivision, or a crime of violence;
106	106	(D) acquired with proceeds gained from the
107	107	commission of a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this
108	108	subdivision, a misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(viii), (x),
109	109	(xi), or (xii) of this subdivision, or a crime of violence;
110	110	(E) used to facilitate or intended to be used to
111	111	facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 15.031 or
112	112	43.25, Penal Code; or
113	113	(F) used to facilitate or intended to be used to
114	114	facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 20A.02 or
115	115	Chapter 43, Penal Code.
116	116	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.