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Senate Bill 554 |
Senate Author: Whitmire |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Frost |
Senate Bill 554 amends the Penal Code to expand the conduct constituting the offense of dog fighting to include intentionally or knowingly owning or possessing dog-fighting equipment with the intent that the equipment be used to train a dog for dog fighting or in the furtherance of dog fighting and to add the offense of dog fighting to the list of offenses that constitute an offense of engaging in organized criminal activity if the offense is committed in association with a criminal street gang and depicts or involves conduct by or directed toward a child. The bill amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to add property that is used or intended to be used in the commission of an offense of dog fighting, the proceeds gained from the commission of such an offense, or acquired with those proceeds to the definition of "contraband" for purposes of forfeiture of contraband.