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Amend CSHB 2730 (House committee printing) in Article 7 of the
bill by adding the following SECTION to that article, appropriately
numbered, and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of that article
accordingly:
SECTION 7.____. Subchapter S, Chapter 521, Transportation
Code, is amended by adding Section 521.4565 to read as follows:
Sec. 521.4565. CONSPIRING TO MANUFACTURE COUNTERFEIT
LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE. (a) In this section:
(1) "Combination," "conspires to commit," "profits,"
and "criminal street gang" have the meanings assigned by Section
71.01, Penal Code.
(2) "Conspires to manufacture or produce" means that:
(A) a person agrees with one or more other
persons to engage in the manufacture or production of a forged or
counterfeit instrument; and
(B) the person and one or more of the other
persons perform an overt act in pursuance of the agreement.
(3) "Instrument" means a driver's license, commercial
driver's license, or personal identification certificate.
(4) "Public servant" has the meaning assigned by
Section 1.07, Penal Code.
(b) A person commits an offense if the person establishes,
maintains, or participates in or conspires to establish, maintain,
or participate in a combination or criminal street gang, or
participates in the profits of a combination or criminal street
gang, with the intent to manufacture or produce a forged or
counterfeit instrument for the purpose of selling, distributing, or
delivering the instrument. An agreement that constitutes
conspiring to manufacture or produce may be inferred from the acts
of the parties.
(c) An offense under this section is a state jail felony,
except that an offense committed by a public servant is a felony of
the third degree.