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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to creating the offense of intimidation by a member of a |
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criminal street gang. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 71, Penal Code, is amended by adding |
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Section 71.024 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 71.024. INTIMIDATION BY GANG MEMBER. (a) A person |
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commits an offense if the person: |
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(1) is a member of a criminal street gang; and |
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(2) with the intent to cause another person to perform |
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or to omit the performance of any act, communicates to the other |
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person, directly or indirectly, by any means, a threat to: |
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(A) inflict bodily injury on the person |
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threatened or any other person; |
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(B) damage or destroy property; |
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(C) subject any person to physical confinement or |
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restraint; or |
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(D) commit an offense punishable as a Class A |
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misdemeanor or any higher category of offense. |
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(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third |
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degree. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |