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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the consequences of engaging in certain conduct |
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characteristic of organized crime; providing penalties. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 19.03(a), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person commits murder |
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as defined under Section 19.02(b)(1) and: |
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(1) the person murders a peace officer or fireman who |
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is acting in the lawful discharge of an official duty and who the |
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person knows is a peace officer or fireman; |
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(2) the person intentionally commits the murder in the |
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course of committing or attempting to commit an offense under: |
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(A) Section 20.03 (Kidnapping); |
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(B) Section 22.021 (Aggravated Sexual Assault); |
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(C) Section 22.07(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), or (6) |
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(Terroristic Threat); |
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(D) Section 28.02 (Arson); |
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(E) Section 29.02 (Robbery); |
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(F) Section 30.02 (Burglary); |
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(G) Section 36.06 (Obstruction or Retaliation); |
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or |
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(H) Section 71.02 (Engaging in Organized |
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Criminal Activity) [kidnapping, burglary, robbery, aggravated
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sexual assault, arson, obstruction or retaliation, or terroristic
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threat under Section 22.07(a)(1), (3), (4), (5), or (6)]; |
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(3) the person commits the murder for remuneration or |
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the promise of remuneration or employs another to commit the murder |
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for remuneration or the promise or remuneration; |
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(4) the person commits the murder while escaping or |
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attempting to escape from a penal institution; |
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(5) the person, while incarcerated in a penal |
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institution, murders another: |
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(A) who is employed in the operation of the penal |
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institution; or |
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(B) with the intent to establish, maintain, or |
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participate in a combination or in the profits of a combination; |
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(6) the person: |
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(A) while incarcerated for an offense under this |
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section or Section 19.02, murders another; or |
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(B) while serving a sentence of life imprisonment |
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or a term of 99 years for an offense under Section 20.04, 22.021, or |
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29.03, murders another; |
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(7) the person murders more than one person: |
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(A) during the same criminal transaction; or |
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(B) during different criminal transactions but |
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the murders are committed pursuant to the same scheme or course of |
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conduct; |
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(8) the person murders an individual under 10 years of |
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age; or |
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(9) the person murders another person in retaliation |
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for or on account of the service or status of the other person as a |
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judge or justice of the supreme court, the court of criminal |
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appeals, a court of appeals, a district court, a criminal district |
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court, a constitutional county court, a statutory county court, a |
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justice court, or a municipal court. |
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SECTION 2. Section 20.05(a), Penal Code, is amended to read |
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as follows: |
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally |
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transports [uses a motor vehicle, aircraft, or watercraft to
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transport] an individual with the intent to: |
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(1) conceal the individual from a peace officer or |
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special investigator; or |
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(2) flee from a person the actor knows is a peace |
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officer or special investigator attempting to lawfully arrest or |
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detain the actor. |
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SECTION 3. 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 the Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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before that date. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |