Relating to measures to prevent and reduce fraudulent charitable solicitations and theft during declared disasters, including establishing a designation program for disaster relief nonprofit organizations and financial institutions; creating a criminal offense; increasing a criminal penalty.

Summary

The Disaster Scam Response Act sets up a Texas‑wide system where each city or county designates a trusted nonprofit or bank to receive disaster donations. It also makes fraudulent solicitation and theft during declared disasters a higher‑level crime and lets victims sue for triple damages plus attorney fees. The law aims to protect Texans from charity scams when they are most vulnerable.

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