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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the prosecution of organized criminal activity |
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involving obstructing a highway or other passageway by engaging in |
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a reckless driving exhibition or street racing on a highway. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 71.02(a), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if, with the intent to |
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establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the |
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profits of a combination or as a member of a criminal street gang, |
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the person commits or conspires to commit one or more of the |
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following: |
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(1) murder, capital murder, arson, aggravated robbery, |
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robbery, burglary, theft, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, |
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aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, |
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continuous sexual abuse of young child or disabled individual, |
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solicitation of a minor, forgery, deadly conduct, assault |
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punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, burglary of a motor vehicle, or |
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unauthorized use of a motor vehicle; |
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(2) any gambling offense punishable as a Class A |
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misdemeanor; |
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(3) promotion of prostitution, aggravated promotion of |
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prostitution, or compelling prostitution; |
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(4) unlawful manufacture, transportation, repair, or sale |
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of firearms or prohibited weapons; |
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(5) unlawful manufacture, delivery, dispensation, or |
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distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug, or |
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unlawful possession of a controlled substance or dangerous drug |
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through forgery, fraud, misrepresentation, or deception; |
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(5-a) causing the unlawful delivery, dispensation, or |
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distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug in |
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violation of Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code; |
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(6) any unlawful wholesale promotion or possession of any |
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obscene material or obscene device with the intent to wholesale |
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promote the same; |
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(7) any offense under Subchapter B, Chapter 43, depicting or |
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involving conduct by or directed toward a child younger than 18 |
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years of age; |
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(8) any felony offense under Chapter 32; |
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(9) any offense under Chapter 36; |
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(10) any offense under Chapter 34, 35, or 35A; |
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(11) any offense under Section 37.11(a); |
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(12) any offense under Chapter 20A; |
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(13) any offense under Section 37.10; |
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(14) any offense under Section 38.06, 38.07, 38.09, or |
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38.11; |
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(15) any offense under Section 42.10 |
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(16) any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1) or 46.14; |
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(17) any offense under Section 20.05 or 20.06; |
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(18) any offense under Section 16.02; or |
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(19) any offense punishable under Section 42.03(d) or |
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42.03(e); |
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(20) any offense classified as a felony under the Tax Code; |
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(21) any offense under Section 545.420 of the |
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Transportation Code. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |