Amend SB 1900 (house committee report) as follows:

(1)  On page 10, line 12, strike "71.02(a)" and substitute "71.02".

(2)  On page 10, line 14, immediately before "(a)", insert "Sec. 71.02.  ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.".

(3)  On page 12, between lines 8 and 9, insert the following subsections:

(b)  Except as provided in Subsections (c), [and] (d), and (e), an offense under this section is one category higher than the most serious offense listed in Subsection (a) that was committed, and if the most serious offense is a Class A misdemeanor, the offense is a state jail felony, except that the offense is a felony of the first degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for:

(1)  life without parole, if the most serious offense is an aggravated sexual assault and if at the time of that offense the defendant is 18 years of age or older and:

(A)  the victim of the offense is younger than six years of age;

(B)  the victim of the offense is younger than 14 years of age and the actor commits the offense in a manner described by Section 22.021(a)(2)(A); or

(C)  the victim of the offense is younger than 17 years of age and suffered serious bodily injury as a result of the offense;

(2)  life or for any term of not more than 99 years or less than 30 years if the most serious offense is an offense under Section 20.06 that is punishable under Subsection (g) of that section; or

(3)  life or for any term of not more than 99 years or less than 15 years if the most serious offense is an offense punishable as a felony of the first degree, other than an offense described by Subdivision (1) or (2).

(c)  Notwithstanding Section 15.02(d), a conspiracy [Conspiring] to commit an offense under this section is punishable in [is of] the same manner as an offense under this section [degree as the most serious offense listed in Subsection (a) that the person conspired to commit].

(d)  At the punishment stage of a trial, the defendant may raise the issue as to whether in voluntary and complete renunciation of the offense he withdrew from the combination before commission of an offense listed in Subsection (a) and made substantial effort to prevent the commission of the offense.  If the defendant proves the issue in the affirmative by a preponderance of the evidence the offense is the same category of offense as the most serious offense listed in Subsection (a) that is committed [, unless the defendant is convicted of conspiring to commit the offense, in which event the offense is one category lower than the most serious offense that the defendant conspired to commit].