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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.