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| 1 | 1 | 85R8622 MEW-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Birdwell S.B. No. 1110 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to allowing a person suspected of committing or attempting | |
| 8 | 8 | to commit theft to complete an education program offered by a | |
| 9 | 9 | merchant. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 124.001, Civil Practice and Remedies | |
| 12 | 12 | Code, is amended to read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | Sec. 124.001. DETENTION. (a) A person who reasonably | |
| 14 | 14 | believes that another has stolen or is attempting to steal property | |
| 15 | 15 | is privileged to detain that person in a reasonable manner and for a | |
| 16 | 16 | reasonable time to investigate ownership of the property. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) A person who is in the business of selling goods or | |
| 18 | 18 | services as a merchant is not precluded from: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) offering a person who is suspected of stealing or | |
| 20 | 20 | attempting to steal property from the merchant an opportunity to | |
| 21 | 21 | complete the merchant's education program instead of reporting the | |
| 22 | 22 | suspected offense to a law enforcement agency; | |
| 23 | 23 | (2) informing the other person of the civil and | |
| 24 | 24 | criminal remedies available to the merchant and the state; and | |
| 25 | 25 | (3) reducing or waiving a fee for the education | |
| 26 | 26 | program based on the other person's ability to pay. | |
| 27 | 27 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |