Engaging in Organized Crime
Texas Penal Code Section 71.02 - Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity
(a) A person commits an offense if, with the intent to establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the profits of a combination or as a member of a criminal street gang, he commits or conspires to commit one or more of the following:
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(1) murder, capital murder, arson, aggravated robbery, robbery, burglary, theft, aggravated kidnapping, kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual assault, forgery, deadly conduct, assault punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, burglary of a motor vehicle, or unauthorized use of a motor vehicle;
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(2) any gambling offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor;
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(3) promotion of prostitution, aggravated promotion of prostitution, or compelling prostitution;
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(4) unlawful manufacture, transportation, repair, or sale of firearms or prohibited weapons;
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(5) unlawful manufacture, delivery, dispensation, or distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug, or unlawful possession of a controlled substance or dangerous drug through forgery, fraud, misrepresentation, or deception;
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(6) any unlawful wholesale promotion or possession of any obscene material or obscene device with the intent to wholesale promote the same;
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(7) any offense under Subchapter B, Chapter 43, depicting or involving conduct by or directed toward a child 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;
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(11) any offense under Section 37.11(a); or
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(12) any offense under Chapter 20A. |
Texas Penal Code Section 71.021 - Violation of Court Order Enjoining Organized Criminal Activity
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly violates a temporary or permanent order issued under Section 125.065(a) or (b), Civil Practice and Remedies Code.
(b) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both sections.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Texas Penal Code Section 71.022 - Soliciting Membership in a Criminal Street Gang
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly causes, enables, encourages, recruits, or solicits another person to become a member of a criminal street gang which, as a condition of initiation, admission, membership, or continued membership, requires the commission of any conduct which constitutes an offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor or a felony.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
(c) A second or subsequent offense under this section is a felony of the second degree. |
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