81R2544 KEL-D
 
  By: Carona S.B. No. 371
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to certain civil consequences of engaging in organized
  crime.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Article 59.01(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, as
  amended by Chapters 127 (S.B. 1694), 822 (H.B. 73), and 885 (H.B.
  2278), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (2)  "Contraband" means property of any nature,
  including real, personal, tangible, or intangible, that is:
                     (A)  used in the commission of:
                           (i)  any first or second degree felony under
  the Penal Code;
                           (ii)  any felony under Section 15.031(b),
  20.05, 21.11, 38.04, Subchapter B of Chapter 43, or Chapter 29, 30,
  31, 32, 33, 33A, or 35, Penal Code;
                           (iii)  any felony under The Securities Act
  (Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or
                           (iv)  any offense under Chapter 49, Penal
  Code, that is punishable as a felony of the third degree or state
  jail felony, if the defendant has been previously convicted three
  times of an offense under that chapter;
                     (B)  used or intended to be used in the commission
  of:
                           (i)  any felony under Chapter 481, Health
  and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act);
                           (ii)  any felony under Chapter 483, Health
  and Safety Code;
                           (iii)  a felony under Chapter 153, Finance
  Code;
                           (iv)  any felony under Chapter 34, Penal
  Code;
                           (v)  a Class A misdemeanor under Subchapter
  B, Chapter 365, Health and Safety Code, if the defendant has been
  previously convicted twice of an offense under that subchapter;
                           (vi)  any felony under Chapter 152, Finance
  Code;
                           (vii)  any felony under Chapter 32, Human
  Resources Code, or Chapter 31, 32, 35A, or 37, Penal Code, that
  involves the state Medicaid program;
                           (viii)  a Class B misdemeanor under Chapter
  522, Business & Commerce Code; [or]
                           (ix)  a Class A misdemeanor under Section
  35.153, Business & Commerce Code; or
                           (x)  any offense under Chapter 71, Penal
  Code;
                     (C)  the proceeds gained from the commission of a
  felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, a
  misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(viii) or (x) of this
  subdivision, or a crime of violence;
                     (D)  acquired with proceeds gained from the
  commission of a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this
  subdivision, a misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(viii) or (x) of
  this subdivision, or a crime of violence; or
                     (E)  used to facilitate or intended to be used to
  facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 15.031 or
  43.25, Penal Code.
         SECTION 2.  Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended by adding Article 59.011 to read as follows:
         Art. 59.011.  If property described by Article
  59.01(2)(B)(x) is subject to forfeiture under this chapter and
  Article 18.18, the attorney representing the state may proceed
  under either provision.
         SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only
  to the forfeiture of property used in the commission of an offense
  committed on or after the effective date of this Act. Forfeiture of
  property used in the commission of an offense committed before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.