HB 998

RELATING TO SIMULATING LEGAL PROCESS

By Representative(s) SAY (BR)

Companion Bill: SB 1113

Subjects: Governor

Keywords: COURT OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES, CRIMES AND CRIMINAL PROCEEDINGS, FRAUD, JUDICIARY, OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION, PENAL CODE

Report Title: Legal Process; Simulation

Description: Creates the offense of simulating legal process, which would impose a criminal penalty on persons who purport to have the authority to demand payment of money or cause others to submit to the putative authority of a document.

 1-27-99        H Introduced and passed First Reading                      
 1-28-99        H Referred to the committee on JHA, referral sheet 5