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CHAPTER 415 H.B. No. 254 1 AN ACT 2 relating to venue in the prosecution of the offense of fraudulent 3 use or possession of identifying information. 4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 5 SECTION 1. Chapter 13, Code of Criminal Procedure, is 6 amended by adding Article 13.28 to read as follows: 7 Art. 13.28. FRAUDULENT USE OR POSSESSION OF IDENTIFYING 8 INFORMATION. An offense under Section 32.51, Penal Code, may be 9 prosecuted in any county in which the offense was committed or in 10 the county of residence for the person whose identifying 11 information was fraudulently obtained, possessed, transferred, or 12 used. 13 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2003, and 14 applies only to the prosecution of an offense commenced by the 15 filing of an indictment or information on or after that date. A 16 prosecution commenced before September 1, 2003, is controlled by 17 the law in effect at the time the prosecution was commenced, and the 18 former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
Reference the current page of this Legislative Document.
Texas. Legislature. House of Representatives.78th Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 254, Chapter 415,
legislative document,
June 20, 2003;
[Austin, Texas].
(https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth158474/m1/1/:
accessed April 26, 2024),
University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu;
crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.