| 1 | 1 | | 84R1445 JRR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Miles H.B. No. 259 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to forfeiture of property used in the commission of |
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| 8 | 8 | | certain littering offenses. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Article 59.01(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, as |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by Chapters 427 (S.B. 529) and 1357 (S.B. 1451), Acts of the |
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| 12 | 12 | | 83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended |
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| 13 | 13 | | to read as follows: |
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| 14 | 14 | | (2) "Contraband" means property of any nature, |
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| 15 | 15 | | including real, personal, tangible, or intangible, that is: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (A) used in the commission of: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (i) any first or second degree felony under |
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| 18 | 18 | | the Penal Code; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (ii) any felony under Section 15.031(b), |
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| 20 | 20 | | 20.05, 21.11, 38.04, or Chapter 43, 20A, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 33A, or |
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| 21 | 21 | | 35, Penal Code; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (iii) any felony under The Securities Act |
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| 23 | 23 | | (Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or |
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| 24 | 24 | | (iv) any offense under Chapter 49, Penal |
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| 25 | 25 | | Code, that is punishable as a felony of the third degree or state |
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| 26 | 26 | | jail felony, if the defendant has been previously convicted three |
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| 27 | 27 | | times of an offense under that chapter; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (B) used or intended to be used in the commission |
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| 29 | 29 | | of: |
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| 30 | 30 | | (i) any felony under Chapter 481, Health |
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| 31 | 31 | | and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act); |
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| 32 | 32 | | (ii) any felony under Chapter 483, Health |
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| 33 | 33 | | and Safety Code; |
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| 34 | 34 | | (iii) a felony under Chapter 151, Finance |
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| 35 | 35 | | Code; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (iv) any felony under Chapter 34, Penal |
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| 37 | 37 | | Code; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (v) an offense [a Class A misdemeanor] |
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| 39 | 39 | | under Subchapter B, Chapter 365, Health and Safety Code, that is: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (a) a felony; or |
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| 41 | 41 | | (b) a Class A misdemeanor, if the |
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| 42 | 42 | | defendant has been previously convicted twice of an offense under |
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| 43 | 43 | | that subchapter; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (vi) any felony under Chapter 32, Human |
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| 45 | 45 | | Resources Code, or Chapter 31, 32, 35A, or 37, Penal Code, that |
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| 46 | 46 | | involves the state Medicaid program; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (vii) a Class B misdemeanor under Chapter |
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| 48 | 48 | | 522, Business & Commerce Code; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (viii) a Class A misdemeanor under Section |
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| 50 | 50 | | 306.051, Business & Commerce Code; |
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| 51 | 51 | | (ix) any offense under Section 42.10, Penal |
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| 52 | 52 | | Code; |
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| 53 | 53 | | (x) any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1) |
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| 54 | 54 | | or 46.14, Penal Code; |
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| 55 | 55 | | (xi) any offense under Chapter 71, Penal |
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| 56 | 56 | | Code; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (xii) any offense under Section 20.05, |
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| 58 | 58 | | Penal Code; or |
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| 59 | 59 | | (xiii) [xiv] an offense under Section |
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| 60 | 60 | | 326.002, Business & Commerce Code; |
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| 61 | 61 | | (C) the proceeds gained from the commission of a |
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| 62 | 62 | | felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, a |
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| 63 | 63 | | misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(vii), (ix), (x), or (xi) of |
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| 64 | 64 | | this subdivision, or a crime of violence; |
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| 65 | 65 | | (D) acquired with proceeds gained from the |
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| 66 | 66 | | commission of a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this |
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| 67 | 67 | | subdivision, a misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(vii), (ix), (x), |
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| 68 | 68 | | or (xi) of this subdivision, or a crime of violence; |
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| 69 | 69 | | (E) used to facilitate or intended to be used to |
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| 70 | 70 | | facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 15.031 or |
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| 71 | 71 | | 43.25, Penal Code; or |
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| 72 | 72 | | (F) used to facilitate or intended to be used to |
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| 73 | 73 | | facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 20A.02 or |
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| 74 | 74 | | Chapter 43, Penal Code. |
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| 75 | 75 | | SECTION 2. Section 365.012(i), Health and Safety Code, is |
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| 76 | 76 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 77 | 77 | | (i) On conviction for any misdemeanor [an offense] under |
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| 78 | 78 | | this section, the court shall provide to the defendant written |
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| 79 | 79 | | notice that a subsequent conviction for an offense under this |
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| 80 | 80 | | section may result in the forfeiture under Chapter 59, Code of |
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| 81 | 81 | | Criminal Procedure, of the vehicle used by the defendant in |
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| 82 | 82 | | committing the offense. |
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| 83 | 83 | | SECTION 3. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
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| 84 | 84 | | to an offense committed on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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| 85 | 85 | | An offense committed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 86 | 86 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the offense was committed, |
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| 87 | 87 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. For |
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| 88 | 88 | | purposes of this section, an offense was committed before the |
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| 89 | 89 | | effective date of this Act if any element of the offense occurred |
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| 90 | 90 | | before that date. |
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| 91 | 91 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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