Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 13A.501 · Subchapter I. ORGANIZED CRIME
ENGAGING IN ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Engaging in organized criminal activity may be prosecuted in:
(1) any county in which an act is committed to effect an objective of the combination;
(2) if the prosecution is based on an offense involving theft of intangible personal property, the county:
(A) in which the person whose property was unlawfully appropriated resides;
(B) in which the defendant is apprehended; or
(C) to which the defendant is extradited;
(3) if the prosecution is based on an offense classified as a felony under Chapter 32, Penal Code:
(A) any county in which a victim resides;
(B) the county in which the defendant is apprehended; or
(C) the county to which the defendant is extradited; or
(4) if the prosecution is based on an offense classified as a felony under the Tax Code, any county in which venue is proper under the Tax Code for the offense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 737 (H.B. 2594), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.13A.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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