Bill Text: TX HB731 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creating the offense of intimidation by a member of a criminal street gang.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-09 - Returned to committee [HB731 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB731-Introduced.html
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By: Bohac | H.B. No. 731 |
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relating to creating the offense of intimidation by a member of a | ||
criminal street gang. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 71, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
Section 71.024 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 71.024. INTIMIDATION BY GANG MEMBER. (a) A person | ||
commits an offense if the person: | ||
(1) is a member of a criminal street gang; and | ||
(2) with the intent to cause another person to perform | ||
or to omit the performance of any act, communicates to the other | ||
person, directly or indirectly, by any means, a threat to: | ||
(A) inflict bodily injury on the person | ||
threatened or any other person; | ||
(B) damage or destroy property; | ||
(C) subject any person to physical confinement or | ||
restraint; or | ||
(D) commit an offense punishable as a Class A | ||
misdemeanor or any higher category of offense. | ||
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third | ||
degree. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |