87R9284 TSS-D
By: Martinez Fischer, Guillen H.B. No. 2725
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to increasing the criminal penalty for using certain
materially false or misleading statements in the commission of 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(c-1), Penal Code, is amended to
read as follows:
(c-1) An offense described for purposes of punishment by
Subsections (c)(1)-(3) is increased to the next higher category of
offense if it is shown on the trial of the offense that:
(1) the offense was committed against an elderly
individual as defined by Section 22.04; [or]
(2) the actor fraudulently used identifying
information with the intent to facilitate an offense under Article
62.102, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(3) the actor used a materially false or misleading
statement regarding the availability, provision, or distribution
of a vaccine to obtain the identifying information.
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, 2021.