84R3453 LEH-D
By: Bohac H.B. No. 877
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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 a felony or a Class A misdemeanor.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third
degree.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.