| 1 | 1 | | 89R3230 SRA-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Dutton H.B. No. 2352 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to requiring wireless telephone service providers and |
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| 10 | 10 | | mobile device manufacturers to disable certain stolen mobile |
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| 11 | 11 | | devices. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 10, Business & Commerce Code, |
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| 14 | 14 | | is amended by adding Chapter 307 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | CHAPTER 307. DISABLING STOLEN MOBILE DEVICES |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 307.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) "Authorized customer" means, with respect to a |
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| 18 | 18 | | mobile device: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) the person who holds the commercial wireless |
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| 20 | 20 | | telephone service account for the device; or |
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| 21 | 21 | | (B) if the device is a phone for which particular |
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| 22 | 22 | | amounts of service are purchased in advance, the person who owns the |
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| 23 | 23 | | phone. |
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| 24 | 24 | | (2) "Mobile device" means a handheld mobile device |
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| 25 | 25 | | that: |
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| 26 | 26 | | (A) is designed to enable the user to engage in |
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| 27 | 27 | | voice communications using a commercial wireless telephone |
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| 28 | 28 | | service; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) is capable of operating on a long-term |
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| 30 | 30 | | evolution network or successor wireless data network communication |
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| 31 | 31 | | standard; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | (C) may possess capabilities that include |
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| 33 | 33 | | built-in applications, Internet access, Internet browsing, digital |
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| 34 | 34 | | voice service, text messaging, and e-mail. |
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| 35 | 35 | | Sec. 307.002. DISABLING SERVICE TO STOLEN MOBILE DEVICES. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (a) A provider of wireless telephone services in this state may not |
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| 37 | 37 | | knowingly provide services on a mobile device that the provider |
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| 38 | 38 | | knows or has reason to believe is stolen. |
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| 39 | 39 | | (b) On receipt of notification from an authorized customer |
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| 40 | 40 | | that a mobile device has been stolen, a provider of wireless |
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| 41 | 41 | | telephone services shall suspend or otherwise cease providing |
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| 42 | 42 | | wireless telephone services to the device. |
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| 43 | 43 | | Sec. 307.003. DISABLING STOLEN MOBILE DEVICES. A |
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| 44 | 44 | | manufacturer of a mobile device to be sold in this state shall equip |
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| 45 | 45 | | the device or allow the device to be equipped with technology that |
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| 46 | 46 | | permits an authorized customer who reports the device stolen to |
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| 47 | 47 | | render the device inoperable. |
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| 48 | 48 | | SECTION 2. Section 307.003, Business & Commerce Code, as |
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| 49 | 49 | | added by this Act, applies only to a mobile device manufactured on |
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| 50 | 50 | | or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 51 | 51 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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