CHAPTER 504. PROHIBITED USE OF CRIME VICTIM OR MOTOR VEHICLE ACCIDENT INFORMATION

BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE

TITLE 11. PERSONAL IDENTITY INFORMATION

SUBTITLE A. IDENTIFYING INFORMATION

CHAPTER 504. PROHIBITED USE OF CRIME VICTIM OR MOTOR VEHICLE

ACCIDENT INFORMATION

Sec. 504.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:

(1) "Crime victim information" means information that:

(A) is collected or prepared by a law enforcement agency; and

(B) identifies or serves to identify a person who, according to

a record of the agency, may have been the victim of a crime in

which:

(i) physical injury to the person occurred or was attempted; or

(ii) the offender entered or attempted to enter the dwelling of

the person.

(2) "Motor vehicle accident information" means information that:

(A) is collected or prepared by a law enforcement agency; and

(B) identifies or serves to identify a person who, according to

a record of the agency, may have been involved in a motor vehicle

accident.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.

885, Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.

Sec. 504.002. PROHIBITION ON USE FOR SOLICITATION OR SALE OF

INFORMATION. (a) A person who possesses crime victim or motor

vehicle accident information that the person obtained or knows

was obtained from a law enforcement agency may not:

(1) use the information to contact directly any of the following

persons for the purpose of soliciting business from the person:

(A) a crime victim;

(B) a person who was involved in a motor vehicle accident; or

(C) a member of the family of a person described by Paragraph

(A) or (B); or

(2) sell the information to another person for financial gain.

(b) The attorney general may bring an action against a person

who violates Subsection (a) pursuant to Section 17.47.

(c) A person commits an offense if the person violates

Subsection (a). An offense under this subsection is a Class C

misdemeanor unless the defendant has been previously convicted

under this section three or more times, in which event the

offense is a felony of the third degree.

Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch.

885, Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.