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      88(R) HB 1910 - Enrolled version - Bill Text
      
            H.B.  No.  1910
         
               AN ACT
            
            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.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
                  President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House          
         
                          I certify that H.B. No. 1910 was passed by the House on April 
         
            14, 2023, by the following vote:    Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not 
         
            voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House      
         
                          I certify that H.B. No. 1910 was passed by the Senate on May 
         
            9, 2023, by the following vote:    Yeas 31, Nays 0.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate        
         
            APPROVED:    _____________________
         
                                                  Date                    
         
                                _____________________
         
                                              Governor              
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Penal Code 32.21 (Penal Code 32)
House Committee Report: Penal Code 32.21 (Penal Code 32)
Engrossed: Penal Code 32.21 (Penal Code 32)
Senate Committee Report: Penal Code 32.21 (Penal Code 32)
Enrolled: Penal Code 32.21 (Penal Code 32)




	AN ACT
	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.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1910 was passed by the House on April
	14, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 1 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 1910 was passed by the Senate on May
	9, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor