Bill Text: TX SB688 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the prosecution of the offense of forgery.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-02-17 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB688 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB688-Introduced.html
| 88R1145 ADM-D | ||
| By: Johnson, Parker | S.B. No. 688 | |
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| relating to the prosecution of the offense of forgery. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 32.21, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Subsection (f-1) to read as follows: | ||
| (f-1) For purposes of Subsection (e-1), it is presumed that | ||
| a person in possession of money that is forged within the meaning of | ||
| Subsection (a)(1)(A) intended to obtain a property or service of a | ||
| value equal to the total purported value of the forged money. | ||
| 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, 2023. | ||
