Texas § PE.71.023 - DIRECTING ACTIVITIES OF CRIMINAL STREET GANGS OR FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
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§ PE.71.023. DIRECTING ACTIVITIES OF CRIMINAL STREET GANGS OR FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS
DIRECTING ACTIVITIES OF CRIMINAL STREET GANGS OR FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATIONS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person, as part of the identifiable leadership of a criminal street gang or foreign terrorist organization, knowingly finances, directs, or supervises the commission of, or a conspiracy to commit, one or more of the following offenses by members of a criminal street gang or foreign terrorist organization: (1) a felony offense that is listed in Article 42A.054 (a), Code of Criminal Procedure; (2) a felony offense for which it is shown that a deadly weapon, as defined by Section 1.07 , was used or exhibited during the commission of the offense or during immediate flight from the commission of the offense; or (3) an offense that is punishable under Section 481.112 (e) or (f), 481.1121 (b)(4), 481.1123 (d), (e), or (f), 481.115 (f), or 481.120 (b)(6), Health and Safety Code. (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life or for any term of not more than 99 years or less than 25 years. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1130 (H.B. 2086 ), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2009. Amended by: Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1325 (S.B. 549 ), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299 ), Sec. 2.85, eff. January 1, 2017. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 584 (S.B. 768 ), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 462 (S.B. 1900 ), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2023.
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