Tex. Penal Code § 72.05 · Chapter 72. RACKETEERING AND UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION
ALTERNATIVE FINE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Notwithstanding any other law, a court, after a hearing, may impose a fine, instead of an otherwise applicable fine, on a person convicted of an offense under Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, through which the person derived pecuniary value or by which the person caused personal injury, property damage, or other loss, that does not exceed:
(1) the greater of:
(A) three times the gross value gained as a result of the offense; or
(B) three times the gross loss caused as a result of the offense; and
(2) the amount of the court costs and the reasonably incurred costs of investigation and prosecution.
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.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.72.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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Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 72.02USE OF PROCEEDS DERIVED FROM RACKETEERING OR UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION.Printed as Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04
- Tex. Penal Code § 72.03ACQUISITION OF INTEREST IN PROPERTY OR CONTROL OF ENTERPRISE THROUGH RACKETEERING OR UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION.Printed as Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04
- Tex. Penal Code § 72.04PARTICIPATION IN ENTERPRISE THROUGH RACKETEERING OR UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION.Printed as Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04
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