Texas statute
Tex. Penal Code § 71.023 — Directing activities of criminal street gangs or foreign terrorist organizations
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 71: ORGANIZED CRIME, Texas Penal Code.
Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 71.023
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(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.
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