By: Walle (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 2897          (In the Senate - Received from the House May 3, 2023;   May 5, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal   Justice; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:     Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)Click here to see the committee vote     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT     relating to the prosecution of the offense of theft of service.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 31.04(c), Penal Code, is amended to read   as follows:          (c)  For purposes of Subsections (a)(4), (b)(2), (b)(4), and   (b)(5), notice must be:                (1)  in writing;                (2)  sent by:                      (A)  registered or certified mail with return   receipt requested; or                      (B)  commercial delivery service; and                (3)  sent to the actor using the actor's mailing address   shown on:                      (A)  the rental agreement or service agreement;                      (B)  records of the person whose service was   secured; or                      (C)  if the actor secured performance of service   by issuing or passing a check or similar sight order for the payment   of money, using the actor's address shown on:                             (i)  the check or order; or                            (ii)  the records of the bank or other drawee   on which the check or order is drawn.          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.     * * * * *