Tex. Penal Code § 72.03 · Chapter 72. RACKETEERING AND UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION
ACQUISITION OF INTEREST IN PROPERTY OR CONTROL OF ENTERPRISE THROUGH RACKETEERING OR UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person, knowingly through a pattern of racketeering or through the collection of an unlawful debt, acquires or maintains, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise or real property.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.
(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 4635), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2023.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.72.htm
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Civil Practice and Remedies Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 140B.051DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 140B.101CIVIL REMEDIES.Printed as Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 140B.102CIVIL FORFEITURE OF PROPERTY.Printed as Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 140B.107CIVIL ACTION BROUGHT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL, LOCAL PROSECUTOR, OR STATE AGENCY.Printed as Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 140B.109OTHER RELIEF AVAILABLE TO ATTORNEY GENERAL.Printed as Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code
- Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 140B.113LIMITATIONS; TOLLING.Printed as Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code
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