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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to delivering, dispensing or distributing a controlled |
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substance; creating a penalty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Texas Penal Code Section 71.02 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 establish, |
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maintain, or participate in a combination or in the profits of a |
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combination or as a member of a criminal street gang, the person |
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commits or conspires to commit one or more of the following: |
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(1) murder, capital murder, arson, aggravated |
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robbery, robbery, burglary, theft, aggravated kidnapping, |
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kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual |
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assault, forgery, deadly conduct, assault punishable as a Class A |
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misdemeanor, burglary of a motor vehicle, or unauthorized use of a |
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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 |
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of prostitution, or compelling prostitution; |
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(4) unlawful manufacture, transportation, repair, or |
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sale 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; or |
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delivering, dispensing or distributing a controlled substance |
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while in violation of Title 3, Chapter 151, Chapter 165 and Chapter |
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167 of the Texas Occupations Code. |
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(6) any unlawful wholesale promotion or possession of |
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any 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, |
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depicting or involving conduct by or directed toward a child |
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younger than 18 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 or 35; |
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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; or |
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(14) any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1) or 46.14. |
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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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covered by the law in effect when the offense was committed, and the |
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former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For the |
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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 was |
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committed before that date. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |