83R1618 DDT-F
By: Duncan S.B. No. 575
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:
(1) a person engaged in Internet, radio, or television
broadcasting who transfers, or causes to be transferred, a
recording:
(A) intended for or in connection with an
Internet, radio, or television broadcast; or
(B) for archival purposes; or
(2) an Internet service provider that is only
providing a conduit for access to the Internet that is used for the
transfer of a recording by another person.
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.