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2009 SESSION

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HB 1841 Extortion; person who extorts money, etc., by threatening to report another as illegally present.

Introduced by: H. Morgan Griffith | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Extortion; civil action; destroying, etc., passport.  Provides that a person who extorts money, property, or pecuniary benefit from any person by threatening to report another as being illegally present in the United States, or knowingly destroys, conceals, removes, confiscates, withholds or threatens to withhold, or possesses any passport, immigration document, or other government identification document is liable to that person for damages in the amount of $10,000 or three times the amount of actual damages, whichever is greater, and the costs of suit, including reasonable attorney fees.

FULL TEXT

• 01/12/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090661520  pdf

HISTORY

• 01/12/09  House: Prefiled and ordered printed; offered 01/14/09 090661520
• 01/12/09  House: Referred to Committee for Courts of Justice
• 01/16/09  House: Assigned Courts sub: Criminal
• 01/19/09  House: Subcommittee recommends passing by indefinitely by voice vote
• 02/10/09  House: Left in Courts of Justice