H.B. No. 2086

	AN ACT
	relating to the prevention, investigation, prosecution, and
	punishment for certain gang-related and other criminal offenses,
	including engaging in organized criminal activity, and to the
	consequences and costs of engaging in certain activities of a
	criminal street gang or certain other criminal activity; providing
	penalties.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 71.02(a), Penal Code, is amended to read
	as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if, with the intent to
	establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the
	profits of a combination or as a member of a criminal street gang,
	he commits or conspires to commit one or more of the following:
	(1)  murder, capital murder, arson, aggravated
	robbery, robbery, burglary, theft, aggravated kidnapping,
	kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual
	assault, forgery, deadly conduct, assault punishable as a Class A
	misdemeanor, burglary of a motor vehicle, or unauthorized use of a
	motor vehicle;
	(2)  any gambling offense punishable as a Class A
	misdemeanor;
	(3)  promotion of prostitution, aggravated promotion
	of prostitution, or compelling prostitution;
	(4)  unlawful manufacture, transportation, repair, or
	sale of firearms or prohibited weapons;
	(5)  unlawful manufacture, delivery, dispensation, or
	distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug, or
	unlawful possession of a controlled substance or dangerous drug
	through forgery, fraud, misrepresentation, or deception;
	(6)  any unlawful wholesale promotion or possession of
	any obscene material or obscene device with the intent to wholesale
	promote the same;
	(7)  any offense under Subchapter B, Chapter 43,
	depicting or involving conduct by or directed toward a child
	younger than 18 years of age;
	(8)  any felony offense under Chapter 32;
	(9)  any offense under Chapter 36;
	(10)  any offense under Chapter 34 or 35;
	(11)  any offense under Section 37.11(a);
	(12)  any offense under Chapter 20A; [or]
	(13)  any offense under Section 37.10; or
	(14)  any offense under Section 38.06, 38.07, 38.09, or
	38.11.
	SECTION 2.  Section 15.031(e), Penal Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	(e)  An offense under this section is one category lower than
	the solicited offense, except that an offense under this section is
	the same category as the solicited offense if it is shown on the
	trial of the offense that the actor:
	(1)  was at the time of the offense 17 years of age or
	older and a member of a criminal street gang, as defined by Section
	71.01; and
	(2)  committed the offense with the intent to:
	(A)  further the criminal activities of the
	criminal street gang; or
	(B)  avoid detection as a member of a criminal
	street gang.
	SECTION 3.  Chapter 71, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Sections 71.023, 71.028, and 71.029 to read as follows:
	Sec. 71.023.  DIRECTING ACTIVITIES OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL
	STREET GANGS. (a) A person commits an offense if the person
	knowingly initiates, organizes, plans, finances, directs, manages,
	or supervises a criminal street gang or members of a criminal street
	gang with the intent to benefit, promote, or further the interests
	of the criminal street gang or to increase the person's standing,
	position, or status in the criminal street gang.
	(b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the first
	degree.
	(c)  Notwithstanding Section 71.01, in this section,
	"criminal street gang" means:
	(1)  an organization that:
	(A)  has more than 10 members whose names are
	included in an intelligence database under Chapter 61, Code of
	Criminal Procedure;
	(B)  has a hierarchical structure that has been
	documented in an intelligence database under Chapter 61, Code of
	Criminal Procedure;
	(C)  engages in profit-sharing among two or more
	members of the organization; and
	(D)  in one or more regions of this state served by
	different regional councils of government, continuously or
	regularly engages in conduct:
	(i)  that constitutes an offense listed in
	Section 3g(a)(1), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure;
	(ii)  in which it is alleged that a deadly
	weapon is used or exhibited during the commission of or immediate
	flight from the commission of any felony offense; or
	(iii)  that is punishable as a felony of the
	first or second degree under Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code; or
	(2)  an organization that, in collaboration with an
	organization described by Subdivision (1), engages in conduct or
	commits an offense or conspires to engage in conduct or commit an
	offense described by Subdivision (1)(D).
	Sec. 71.028.  GANG-FREE ZONES. (a) In this section:
	(1)  "Institution of higher education," "playground,"
	"premises," "school," "video arcade facility," and "youth center"
	have the meanings assigned by Section 481.134, Health and Safety
	Code.
	(2)  "Shopping mall" means an enclosed public walkway
	or hall area that connects retail, service, or professional
	establishments.
	(b)  This section applies to an offense listed in Section
	71.02(a)(1), (4), or (7), other than burglary, theft, burglary of a
	motor vehicle, or unauthorized use of a motor vehicle.
	(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), the punishment
	prescribed for an offense described by Subsection (b) is increased
	to the punishment prescribed for the next highest category of
	offense if the actor is 17 years of age or older and it is shown
	beyond a reasonable doubt on the trial of the offense that the actor
	committed the offense at a location that was:
	(1)  in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any:
	(A)  real property that is owned, rented, or
	leased by a school or school board;
	(B)  premises owned, rented, or leased by an
	institution of higher education;
	(C)  premises of a public or private youth center;
	or
	(D)  playground;
	(2)  in, on, or within 300 feet of any:
	(A)  shopping mall;
	(B)  movie theater;
	(C)  premises of a public swimming pool; or
	(D)  premises of a video arcade facility; or
	(3)  on a school bus.
	(d)  The punishment for an offense described by Subsection
	(b) may not be increased under this section if the offense is
	punishable under Section 71.02 as a felony of the first degree.
	Sec. 71.029.  MAPS AS EVIDENCE OF LOCATION OR AREA. (a) In a
	prosecution of an offense for which punishment is increased under
	Section 71.028, a map produced or reproduced by a municipal or
	county engineer for the purpose of showing the location and
	boundaries of gang-free zones is admissible in evidence and is
	prima facie evidence of the location or boundaries of those zones if
	the governing body of the municipality or county adopts a
	resolution or ordinance approving the map as an official finding
	and record of the location or boundaries of those zones.
	(b)  A municipal or county engineer may, on request of the
	governing body of the municipality or county, revise a map that has
	been approved by the governing body of the municipality or county as
	provided by Subsection (a).
	(c)  A municipal or county engineer shall file the original
	or a copy of every approved or revised map approved as provided by
	Subsection (a) with the county clerk of each county in which the
	zone is located.
	(d)  This section does not prevent the prosecution from:
	(1)  introducing or relying on any other evidence or
	testimony to establish any element of an offense for which
	punishment is increased under Section 71.028; or
	(2)  using or introducing any other map or diagram
	otherwise admissible under the Texas Rules of Evidence.
	SECTION 4.  Subchapter D, Chapter 37, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 37.110 to read as follows:
	Sec. 37.110.  INFORMATION REGARDING GANG-FREE ZONES. The
	superintendent of each public school district and the administrator
	of each private elementary or secondary school located in the
	public school district shall ensure that the student handbook for
	each campus in the public school district includes information on
	gang-free zones and the consequences of engaging in organized
	criminal activity within those zones.
	SECTION 5.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 51, Education Code, is
	amended by adding Section 51.973 to read as follows:
	Sec. 51.973.  INFORMATION REGARDING GANG-FREE ZONES. The
	governing board of each institution of higher education shall
	ensure that any student handbook or similar publication for the
	institution includes information on gang-free zones and the
	consequences of engaging in organized criminal activity within
	those zones.
	SECTION 6.  Subchapter C, Chapter 42, Human Resources Code,
	is amended by adding Section 42.064 to read as follows:
	Sec. 42.064.  INFORMATION REGARDING GANG-FREE ZONES. Each
	day-care center shall, in accordance with rules adopted by the
	executive commissioner, distribute to parents and guardians of
	children who attend the center information on gang-free zones and
	the consequences of engaging in organized criminal activity within
	those zones.
	SECTION 7.  Section 37.110, Education Code, as added by this
	Act, applies beginning with the public school district's 2009-2010
	school year.
	SECTION 8.  Section 51.973, Education Code, as added by this
	Act, applies beginning with the 2009 fall semester.
	SECTION 9.  Section 15.031(e) and Section 71.02(a), Penal
	Code, as amended by this Act, and Section 71.028, Penal Code, as
	added by this Act, apply only to an offense committed on or after
	the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the
	effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the
	offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was
	committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of
	the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 10.  Subchapter D, Chapter 125, Civil Practice and
	Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 125.070 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 125.070.  CIVIL ACTION FOR VIOLATION OF INJUNCTION.
	(a) In this section, "governmental entity" means a political
	subdivision of this state, including any city, county, school
	district, junior college district, levee improvement district,
	drainage district, irrigation district, water improvement
	district, water control and improvement district, water control and
	preservation district, freshwater supply district, navigation
	district, conservation and reclamation district, soil conservation
	district, communication district, public health district, and
	river authority.
	(b)  A criminal street gang or a member of a criminal street
	gang is liable to the state or a governmental entity injured by the
	violation of a temporary or permanent injunctive order under this
	subchapter.
	(c)  In an action brought against a member of a criminal
	street gang, the plaintiff must show that the member violated the
	temporary or permanent injunctive order.
	(d)  A district, county, or city attorney or the attorney
	general may sue for money damages on behalf of the state or a
	governmental entity. If the state or a governmental entity
	prevails in a suit under this section, the state or governmental
	entity may recover:
	(1)  actual damages;
	(2)  a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $20,000
	for each violation; and
	(3)  court costs and attorney's fees.
	(e)  The property of the criminal street gang or a member of
	the criminal street gang may be seized in execution on a judgment
	under this section. Property may not be seized under this
	subsection if the owner or interest holder of the property proves by
	a preponderance of the evidence that the owner or interest holder
	was not a member of the criminal street gang and did not violate the
	temporary or permanent injunctive order. The owner or interest
	holder of property that is in the possession of a criminal street
	gang or a member of the criminal street gang and that is subject to
	execution under this subsection must show that the property:
	(1)  was stolen from the owner or interest holder; or
	(2)  was used or intended to be used without the
	effective consent of the owner or interest holder by the criminal
	street gang or a member of the criminal street gang.
	(f)  The attorney general shall deposit money received under
	this section for damages or as a civil penalty in the neighborhood
	and community recovery fund held by the attorney general outside
	the state treasury. Money in the fund is held by the attorney
	general in trust for the benefit of the community or neighborhood
	harmed by the violation of a temporary or permanent injunctive
	order. Money in the fund may be used only for the benefit of the
	community or neighborhood harmed by the violation of the injunctive
	order. Interest earned on money in the fund shall be credited to
	the fund. The attorney general shall account for money in the fund
	so that money held for the benefit of a community or neighborhood,
	and interest earned on that money, are not commingled with money in
	the fund held for the benefit of a different community or
	neighborhood.
	(g)  A district, county, or city attorney who brings suit on
	behalf of a governmental entity shall deposit money received for
	damages or as a civil penalty in an account to be held in trust for
	the benefit of the community or neighborhood harmed by the
	violation of a temporary or permanent injunctive order. Money in
	the account may be used only for the benefit of the community or
	neighborhood harmed by the violation of the injunctive order.
	Interest earned on money in the account shall be credited to the
	account. The district, county, or city attorney shall account for
	money in the account so that money held for the benefit of a
	community or neighborhood, and interest earned on that money, are
	not commingled with money in the account held for the benefit of a
	different community or neighborhood.
	(h)  An action under this section brought by the state or a
	governmental entity does not waive sovereign or governmental
	immunity for any purpose.
	SECTION 11.  Article 59.01(2), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	as amended by Chapters 127 (S.B. 1694), 822 (H.B. 73), and 885 (H.B.
	2278), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is
	reenacted and amended to read as follows:
	(2)  "Contraband" means property of any nature,
	including real, personal, tangible, or intangible, that is:
	(A)  used in the commission of:
	(i)  any first or second degree felony under
	the Penal Code;
	(ii)  any felony under Section 15.031(b),
	20.05, 21.11, 38.04, Subchapter B of Chapter 43, or Chapter 29, 30,
	31, 32, 33, 33A, or 35, Penal Code;
	(iii)  any felony under The Securities Act
	(Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or
	(iv)  any offense under Chapter 49, Penal
	Code, that is punishable as a felony of the third degree or state
	jail felony, if the defendant has been previously convicted three
	times of an offense under that chapter;
	(B)  used or intended to be used in the commission
	of:
	(i)  any felony under Chapter 481, Health
	and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act);
	(ii)  any felony under Chapter 483, Health
	and Safety Code;
	(iii)  a felony under Chapter 153, Finance
	Code;
	(iv)  any felony under Chapter 34, Penal
	Code;
	(v)  a Class A misdemeanor under Subchapter
	B, Chapter 365, Health and Safety Code, if the defendant has been
	previously convicted twice of an offense under that subchapter;
	(vi)  any felony under Chapter 152, Finance
	Code;
	(vii)  any felony under Chapter 32, Human
	Resources Code, or Chapter 31, 32, 35A, or 37, Penal Code, that
	involves the state Medicaid program;
	(viii)  a Class B misdemeanor under Chapter
	522, Business & Commerce Code; [or]
	(ix)  a Class A misdemeanor under Section
	35.153, Business & Commerce Code; or
	(x)  any offense under Chapter 71, Penal
	Code;
	(C)  the proceeds gained from the commission of a
	felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, a
	misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(viii) or (x) of this
	subdivision, or a crime of violence;
	(D)  acquired with proceeds gained from the
	commission of a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this
	subdivision, a misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(viii) or (x) of
	this subdivision, or a crime of violence; or
	(E)  used to facilitate or intended to be used to
	facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 15.031 or
	43.25, Penal Code.
	SECTION 12.  Chapter 59, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Article 59.011 to read as follows:
	Art. 59.011.  ELECTION OF FORFEITURE PROCEEDING. If
	property described by Article 59.01(2)(B)(x) is subject to
	forfeiture under this chapter and Article 18.18, the attorney
	representing the state may proceed under either this chapter or
	that article.
	SECTION 13.  Section 125.070, Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that
	accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of
	action that accrued before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
	of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 14.  Article 59.01(2), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	as amended by this Act, and Article 59.011, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, as added by this Act, apply only to the forfeiture of
	property used in the commission of an offense committed on or after
	the effective date of this Act. Forfeiture of property used in the
	commission of an offense committed before the effective date of
	this Act is governed by the law in effect when the offense was
	committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
	before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
	occurred before that date.
	SECTION 15.  Article 42.01, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Section 9 to read as follows:
	Sec. 9.  In addition to the information described by Section
	1, the judgment should reflect affirmative findings entered
	pursuant to Article 42.0197.
	SECTION 16.  Chapter 42, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Article 42.0197 to read as follows:
	Art. 42.0197.  FINDING REGARDING GANG-RELATED CONDUCT. In
	the trial of an offense, on the motion of the attorney representing
	the state the judge shall make an affirmative finding of fact and
	enter the affirmative finding in the judgment in the case if the
	judge determines that the applicable conduct was engaged in as part
	of the activities of a criminal street gang as defined by Section
	71.01, Penal Code.
	SECTION 17.  Section 11(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The judge of the court having jurisdiction of the case
	shall determine the conditions of community supervision and may, at
	any time[,] during the period of community supervision, alter or
	modify the conditions. The judge may impose any reasonable
	condition that is designed to protect or restore the community,
	protect or restore the victim, or punish, rehabilitate, or reform
	the defendant. Conditions of community supervision may include,
	but shall not be limited to, the conditions that the defendant
	shall:
	(1)  Commit no offense against the laws of this State or
	of any other State or of the United States;
	(2)  Avoid injurious or vicious habits;
	(3)  Avoid persons or places of disreputable or harmful
	character, including any person, other than a family member of the
	defendant, who is an active member of a criminal street gang;
	(4)  Report to the supervision officer as directed by
	the judge or supervision officer and obey all rules and regulations
	of the community supervision and corrections department;
	(5)  Permit the supervision officer to visit the
	defendant at the defendant's home or elsewhere;
	(6)  Work faithfully at suitable employment as far as
	possible;
	(7)  Remain within a specified place;
	(8)  Pay the defendant's fine, if one is [be] assessed,
	and all court costs whether a fine is [be] assessed or not, in one or
	several sums;
	(9)  Support the defendant's dependents;
	(10)  Participate, for a time specified by the judge,
	in any community-based program, including a community-service work
	program under Section 16 of this article;
	(11)  Reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
	instituted for compensation paid to appointed counsel for defending
	the defendant in the case, if counsel was appointed, or if the
	defendant was represented by a county-paid public defender, in an
	amount that would have been paid to an appointed attorney had the
	county not had a public defender;
	(12)  Remain under custodial supervision in a community
	corrections facility, obey all rules and regulations of the [such]
	facility, and pay a percentage of the defendant's income to the
	facility for room and board;
	(13)  Pay a percentage of the defendant's income to the
	defendant's dependents for their support while under custodial
	supervision in a community corrections facility;
	(14)  Submit to testing for alcohol or controlled
	substances;
	(15)  Attend counseling sessions for substance abusers
	or participate in substance abuse treatment services in a program
	or facility approved or licensed by the Texas Commission on Alcohol
	and Drug Abuse;
	(16)  With the consent of the victim of a misdemeanor
	offense or of any offense under Title 7, Penal Code, participate in
	victim-defendant mediation;
	(17)  Submit to electronic monitoring;
	(18)  Reimburse the compensation to victims of crime
	fund for any amounts paid from that fund to or on behalf of a victim,
	as defined by Article 56.32, of the defendant's offense or if no
	reimbursement is required, make one payment to the compensation to
	victims of crime fund in an amount not to exceed $50 if the offense
	is a misdemeanor or not to exceed $100 if the offense is a felony;
	(19)  Reimburse a law enforcement agency for the
	analysis, storage, or disposal of raw materials, controlled
	substances, chemical precursors, drug paraphernalia, or other
	materials seized in connection with the offense;
	(20)  Pay all or part of the reasonable and necessary
	costs incurred by the victim for psychological counseling made
	necessary by the offense or for counseling and education relating
	to acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency
	virus made necessary by the offense;
	(21)  Make one payment in an amount not to exceed $50 to
	a crime stoppers organization as defined by Section 414.001,
	Government Code, and as certified by the Crime Stoppers Advisory
	Council;
	(22)  Submit a DNA sample to the Department of Public
	Safety under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, for the
	purpose of creating a DNA record of the defendant;
	(23)  In any manner required by the judge, provide
	public notice of the offense for which the defendant was placed on
	community supervision in the county in which the offense was
	committed; and
	(24)  Reimburse the county in which the prosecution was
	instituted for compensation paid to any interpreter in the case.
	SECTION 18.  Article 42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Sections 13E and 13F to read as follows:
	Sec. 13E.  ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF
	CRIMINAL STREET GANG WHO ARE PLACED ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION. (a)
	This section applies only to a defendant who:
	(1)  is identified as a member of a criminal street gang
	in an intelligence database established under Chapter 61; and
	(2)  has two or more times been previously convicted
	of, or received a grant of deferred adjudication community
	supervision or another functionally equivalent form of community
	supervision or probation for, a felony offense under the laws of
	this state, another state, or the United States.
	(b)  A court granting community supervision to a defendant
	described by Subsection (a) may, on the defendant's conviction of a
	felony offense, require as a condition of community supervision
	that the defendant submit to tracking under an electronic
	monitoring service or other appropriate technological service
	designed to track a person's location.
	Sec. 13F.  RESTRICTIONS ON OPERATION OF MOTOR VEHICLE FOR
	DEFENDANTS CONVICTED OF CERTAIN ORGANIZED CRIME OFFENSES. A court
	granting community supervision to a defendant convicted of an
	offense under Chapter 71, Penal Code, may impose as a condition of
	community supervision restrictions on the defendant's operation of
	a motor vehicle, including specifying:
	(1)  hours during which the defendant may not operate a
	motor vehicle; and
	(2)  locations at or in which the defendant may not
	operate a motor vehicle.
	SECTION 19.  Chapter 54, Family Code, is amended by adding
	Section 54.0491 to read as follows:
	Sec. 54.0491.  GANG-RELATED CONDUCT. (a) In this section:
	(1)  "Criminal street gang" has the meaning assigned by
	Section 71.01, Penal Code.
	(2)  "Gang-related conduct" means conduct that
	violates a penal law of the grade of Class B misdemeanor or higher
	and in which a child engages with the intent to:
	(A)  further the criminal activities of a criminal
	street gang of which the child is a member;
	(B)  gain membership in a criminal street gang; or
	(C)  avoid detection as a member of a criminal
	street gang.
	(b)  A juvenile court, in a disposition hearing under Section
	54.04 regarding a child who has been adjudicated to have engaged in
	delinquent conduct that is also gang-related conduct, shall order
	the child to participate in a criminal street gang intervention
	program that is appropriate for the child based on the child's level
	of involvement in the criminal activities of a criminal street
	gang. The intervention program:
	(1)  must include at least 12 hours of instruction; and
	(2)  may include voluntary tattoo removal.
	(c)  If a child required to attend a criminal street gang
	intervention program is committed to the Texas Youth Commission as
	a result of the gang-related conduct, the child must complete the
	intervention program before being discharged from the custody of or
	released under supervision by the commission.
	SECTION 20.  Subchapter G, Chapter 508, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 508.227 to read as follows:
	Sec. 508.227.  ELECTRONIC MONITORING OF CERTAIN MEMBERS OF
	CRIMINAL STREET GANG. (a) This section applies only to a releasee
	who:
	(1)  is identified as a member of a criminal street gang
	in an intelligence database established under Chapter 61, Code of
	Criminal Procedure; and
	(2)  has three or more times been convicted of, or
	received a grant of deferred adjudication community supervision or
	another functionally equivalent form of community supervision or
	probation for, a felony offense under the laws of this state,
	another state, or the United States.
	(b)  A parole panel may require as a condition of release on
	parole or to mandatory supervision that a releasee described by
	Subsection (a) submit to tracking under an electronic monitoring
	service or other appropriate technological service designed to
	track a person's location.
	SECTION 21.  Section 3.03, Penal Code, is amended by
	amending Subsection (b) and adding Subsection (b-1) to read as
	follows:
	(b)  If the accused is found guilty of more than one offense
	arising out of the same criminal episode, the sentences may run
	concurrently or consecutively if each sentence is for a conviction
	of:
	(1)  an offense:
	(A)  under Section 49.07 or 49.08, regardless of
	whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section
	more than once or is convicted of violations of both sections; or
	(B)  for which a plea agreement was reached in a
	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
	listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is
	charged with violations of the same section more than once or is
	charged with violations of both sections;
	(2)  an offense:
	(A)  under Section 33.021 or an offense under
	Section 21.02, 21.11, 22.011, 22.021, 25.02, or 43.25 committed
	against a victim younger than 17 years of age at the time of the
	commission of the offense regardless of whether the accused is
	convicted of violations of the same section more than once or is
	convicted of violations of more than one section; or
	(B)  for which a plea agreement was reached in a
	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
	listed in Paragraph (A) committed against a victim younger than 17
	years of age at the time of the commission of the offense regardless
	of whether the accused is charged with violations of the same
	section more than once or is charged with violations of more than
	one section; [or]
	(3)  an offense:
	(A)  under Section 21.15 or 43.26, regardless of
	whether the accused is convicted of violations of the same section
	more than once or is convicted of violations of both sections; or
	(B)  for which a plea agreement was reached in a
	case in which the accused was charged with more than one offense
	listed in Paragraph (A), regardless of whether the accused is
	charged with violations of the same section more than once or is
	charged with violations of both sections; or
	(4)  an offense for which the judgment in the case
	contains an affirmative finding under Article 42.0197, Code of
	Criminal Procedure.
	(b-1)  Subsection (b)(4) does not apply to a defendant whose
	case was transferred to the court under Section 54.02, Family Code.
	SECTION 22.  Section 9, Article 42.01, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, and Article 42.0197, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
	added by this Act, apply only to a judgment of conviction entered on
	or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 23.  Section 11(a), Article 42.12, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, as amended by this Act, and Sections 13E and 13F, Article
	42.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, as added by this Act, apply only
	to a person who is placed on community supervision for an offense
	committed on or after the effective date of this Act. A person who
	is placed on community supervision for an offense committed before
	the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
	the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued
	in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an
	offense was committed before the effective date of this Act if any
	element of the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 24.  Section 54.0491, Family Code, as added by this
	Act, applies only to conduct that violates a penal law of this state
	and that occurs on or after the effective date of this Act. Conduct
	that violates a penal law of this state and that occurs before the
	effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect at the
	time the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect
	for that purpose. For purposes of this section, conduct occurs
	before the effective date of this Act if each element of the
	violation occurred before that date.
	SECTION 25.  Section 508.227, Government Code, as added by
	this Act, applies only to a person released on parole or to
	mandatory supervision for an offense committed on or after the
	effective date of this Act. A person released on parole or to
	mandatory supervision for an offense committed before the effective
	date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the date the
	offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was
	committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of
	the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 26.  Section 3.03(b), Penal Code, as amended by this
	Act, applies only to an offense committed on or after the effective
	date of this Act. An offense committed before the effective date of
	this Act is covered by the law in effect when the offense was
	committed, and the former law is continued in effect for that
	purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was committed
	before the effective date of this Act if any element of the offense
	occurred before that date.
	SECTION 27.  Subchapter C, Chapter 101, Civil Practice and
	Remedies Code, is amended by adding Section 101.067 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 101.067.  GRAFFITI REMOVAL. This chapter does not
	apply to a claim for property damage caused by the removal of
	graffiti under Section 250.006, Local Government Code.
	SECTION 28.  Section 485.018(a), Health and Safety Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A political subdivision or an agency of this state may
	not enact an ordinance or rule that requires a business
	establishment to display an abusable volatile chemical, other than
	aerosol paint, in a manner that makes the chemical accessible to
	patrons of the business only with the assistance of personnel of the
	business.
	SECTION 29.  Chapter 250, Local Government Code, is amended
	by adding Section 250.006 to read as follows:
	Sec. 250.006.  GRAFFITI REMOVAL. (a) Except as provided by
	Subsection (h), a county by order or a municipality by ordinance may
	require the owner of property within the jurisdiction of the county
	or municipality to remove graffiti from the owner's property on
	receipt of notice from the county or municipality.
	(b)  The order or ordinance must provide that a county or
	municipality may not give notice to a property owner under
	Subsection (a) unless:
	(1)  the county or municipality has offered to remove
	the graffiti from the owner's property free of charge; and
	(2)  the property owner has refused the offer.
	(c)  The order or ordinance must require a property owner to
	remove the graffiti on or before the 15th day after the date the
	property owner receives notice under Subsection (a). If the
	property owner fails to remove the graffiti on or before the 15th
	day after the date of receipt of the notice, the county or
	municipality may remove the graffiti and charge the expenses of
	removal to the property owner in accordance with a fee schedule
	adopted by the county or municipality.
	(d)  The notice required by Subsection (a) must be given:
	(1)  personally to the owner in writing;
	(2)  by letter sent by certified mail, addressed to the
	property owner at the property owner's address as contained in the
	records of the appraisal district in which the property is located;
	or
	(3)  if service cannot be obtained under Subdivision
	(1) or (2):
	(A)  by publication at least once in a newspaper
	of general circulation in the county or municipality;
	(B)  by posting the notice on or near the front
	door of each building on the property to which the notice relates;
	or
	(C)  by posting the notice on a placard attached
	to a stake driven into the ground on the property to which the
	notice relates.
	(e)  The county or municipality may assess expenses incurred
	under Subsection (c) against the property on which the work is
	performed to remove the graffiti.
	(f)  To obtain a lien against the property for expenses
	incurred under Subsection (c), the governing body of the county or
	municipality must file a statement of expenses with the county
	clerk. The statement of expenses must contain:
	(1)  the name of the property owner, if known;
	(2)  the legal description of the property; and
	(3)  the amount of expenses incurred under Subsection
	(c).
	(g)  A lien described by Subsection (f) attaches to the
	property on the date on which the statement of expenses is filed in
	the real property records of the county in which the property is
	located and is subordinate to:
	(1)  any previously recorded lien; and
	(2)  the rights of a purchaser or lender for value who
	acquires an interest in the property subject to the lien before the
	statement of expenses is filed as described by Subsection (f).
	(h)  An order or ordinance described by this section must
	include an exception from the requirement that an owner of property
	remove graffiti from the owner's property if:
	(1)  the graffiti is located on transportation
	infrastructure; and
	(2)  the removal of the graffiti would create a hazard
	for the person performing the removal.
	SECTION 30.  Section 101.067, Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, as added by this Act, applies only to a cause of action that
	accrues on or after the effective date of this Act. A cause of
	action that accrued before the effective date of this Act is
	governed by the law in effect immediately before the effective date
	of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 31.  Section 37.10, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Subsection (j) to read as follows:
	(j)  It is not a defense to prosecution under Subsection
	(a)(2) that the record, document, or thing made, presented, or used
	displays or contains the statement "NOT A GOVERNMENT DOCUMENT" or
	another substantially similar statement intended to alert a person
	to the falsity of the record, document, or thing, unless the record,
	document, or thing displays the statement diagonally printed
	clearly and indelibly on both the front and back of the record,
	document, or thing in solid red capital letters at least one-fourth
	inch in height.
	SECTION 32.  Section 521.454, Transportation Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
	(d)  If conduct constituting an offense under this section
	also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be
	prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
	SECTION 33.  Section 521.455, Transportation Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
	(c)  If conduct constituting an offense under this section
	also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be
	prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
	SECTION 34.  Section 521.456, Transportation Code, is
	amended by adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
	(e)  If conduct constituting an offense under this section
	also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be
	prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
	SECTION 35.  Section 37.10(j), Penal Code, and Sections
	521.454(d), 521.455(c), and 521.456(e), Transportation Code, as
	added by this Act, apply only to an offense committed on or after
	the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before the
	effective date of this Act is covered by the law in effect when the
	offense was committed, and the former law is continued in effect for
	that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense was
	committed before the effective date of this Act if any element of
	the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 36.  Article 61.02, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by amending Subsection (c) and adding Subsections (d) and
	(e) to read as follows:
	(c)  Criminal information collected under this chapter
	relating to a criminal street gang must:
	(1)  be relevant to the identification of an
	organization that is reasonably suspected of involvement in
	criminal activity; and
	(2)  consist of:
	(A)  a judgment under any law that includes, as a
	finding or as an element of a criminal offense, participation in a
	criminal street gang;
	(B)  a self-admission by the individual of
	criminal street gang membership that is made during a judicial
	proceeding; or
	(C)  except as provided by Subsection (d), any two
	of the following:
	(i)  a self-admission by the individual of
	criminal street gang membership that is not made during a judicial
	proceeding, including the use of the Internet or other electronic
	format or medium to post photographs or other documentation
	identifying the individual as a member of a criminal street gang;
	(ii)  an identification of the individual as
	a criminal street gang member by a reliable informant or other
	individual;
	(iii)  a corroborated identification of the
	individual as a criminal street gang member by an informant or other
	individual of unknown reliability;
	(iv)  evidence that the individual frequents
	a documented area of a criminal street gang and associates with
	known criminal street gang members;
	(v)  evidence that the individual uses, in
	more than an incidental manner, criminal street gang dress, hand
	signals, tattoos, or symbols, including expressions of letters,
	numbers, words, or marks, regardless of how or the means by [the
	format or medium in] which the symbols are displayed, that are
	associated with a criminal street gang that operates in an area
	frequented by the individual and described by Subparagraph (iv);
	[or]
	(vi)  evidence that the individual has been
	arrested or taken into custody with known criminal street gang
	members for an offense or conduct consistent with criminal street
	gang activity;
	(vii)  evidence that the individual has
	visited a known criminal street gang member, other than a family
	member of the individual, while the gang member is confined in or
	committed to a penal institution; or
	(viii)  evidence of the individual's use of
	technology, including the Internet, to recruit new criminal street
	gang members.
	(d)  Evidence described by Subsections (c)(2)(C)(iv) and
	(vii) is not sufficient to create the eligibility of a person's
	information to be included in an intelligence database described by
	this chapter unless the evidence is combined with information
	described by another subparagraph of Subsection (c)(2)(C).
	(e)  In this article:
	(1)  "Family member" means a person related to another
	person within the third degree by consanguinity or affinity, as
	described by Subchapter B, Chapter 573, Government Code, except
	that the term does not include a person who is considered to be
	related to another person by affinity only as described by Section
	573.024(b), Government Code.
	(2)  "Penal institution" means a confinement facility
	operated by or under a contract with any division of the Texas
	Department of Criminal Justice, a confinement facility operated by
	or under contract with the Texas Youth Commission, or a juvenile
	secure pre-adjudication or post-adjudication facility operated by
	or under a local juvenile probation department, or a county jail.
	SECTION 37.  Article 61.06(b), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	is amended to read as follows:
	(b)  Subject to Subsection (c), information collected under
	this chapter relating to a criminal street gang must be removed from
	an intelligence database established under Article 61.02 and the
	intelligence database maintained by the department under Article
	61.03 after five [three] years if:
	(1)  the information relates to the investigation or
	prosecution of criminal activity engaged in by an individual other
	than a child; and
	(2)  the individual who is the subject of the
	information has not been arrested for criminal activity reported to
	the department under Chapter 60.
	SECTION 38.  Article 61.06(c), Code of Criminal Procedure,
	as amended by Chapters 258 (S.B. 11), 263 (S.B. 103), and 1308 (S.B.
	909), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007, is
	reenacted and amended to read as follows:
	(c)  In determining whether information is required to be
	removed from an intelligence database under Subsection (b), the
	five-year [three-year] period does not include any period during
	which the individual who is the subject of the information is:
	(1)  confined in a correctional facility operated by or
	under contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
	(2)  committed to a secure correctional facility
	operated by or under contract with the Texas Youth Commission, as
	defined by Section 51.02, Family Code; or
	(3)  confined in a county jail or confined in or
	committed to a facility operated by a juvenile board in lieu of
	being confined in a correctional facility operated by or under
	contract with the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or being
	committed to a secure correctional facility operated by or under
	contract with the Texas Youth Commission.
	SECTION 39.  Article 61.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
	amended by this Act, applies to any applicable information
	maintained in an intelligence database under Chapter 61 of that
	code on or after the effective date of this Act.
	SECTION 40.  Article 18.20, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Section 9A to read as follows:
	Sec. 9A.  INTERCEPTION ORDER FOR COMMUNICATION BY SPECIFIED
	PERSON. (a) The requirements of Sections 8(a)(2)(B) and 9(b)(2)
	relating to the specification of the facilities from which or the
	place where a communication is to be intercepted do not apply if:
	(1)  in the case of an application for an order
	authorizing the interception of an oral communication:
	(A)  the application contains a full and complete
	statement as to why the specification is not practical and
	identifies the person committing or believed to be committing the
	offense and whose communications are to be intercepted; and
	(B)  a judge of competent jurisdiction finds that
	the specification is not practical; and
	(2)  in the case of an application for an order
	authorizing the interception of a wire or electronic communication:
	(A)  the application identifies the person
	committing or believed to be committing the offense and whose
	communications are to be intercepted;
	(B)  a judge of competent jurisdiction finds that
	the applicant has made an adequate showing of probable cause to
	believe that the actions of the person identified in the
	application could have the effect of thwarting interception from a
	specified facility; and
	(C)  the authority to intercept a wire or
	electronic communication under the order is limited to a period in
	which it is reasonable to presume that the person identified in the
	application will be reasonably proximate to the interception
	device.
	(b)  A person implementing an order authorizing the
	interception of an oral communication that, in accordance with this
	section, does not specify the facility from which or the place where
	a communication is to be intercepted may begin interception only
	after the person ascertains the place where the communication is to
	be intercepted.
	(c)  A provider of wire or electronic communications that
	receives an order authorizing the interception of a wire or
	electronic communication that, in accordance with this section,
	does not specify the facility from which or the place where a
	communication is to be intercepted may move the court to modify or
	quash the order on the ground that the provider's assistance with
	respect to the interception cannot be performed in a timely or
	reasonable fashion. On notice to the state, the court shall decide
	the motion expeditiously.
	SECTION 41.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.0207 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.0207.  PUBLIC CORRUPTION UNIT. (a) In this
	section, "organized criminal activity" means conduct that
	constitutes an offense under Section 71.02, Penal Code.
	(b)  A public corruption unit is created within the
	department to investigate and assist in the management of
	allegations of participation in organized criminal activity by:
	(1)  an individual elected, appointed, or employed to
	serve as a peace officer for a governmental entity of this state
	under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
	(2)  a federal law enforcement officer while performing
	duties in this state.
	(c)  The unit shall:
	(1)  assist district attorneys and county attorneys in
	the investigation and prosecution of allegations described by
	Subsection (b);
	(2)  if requested by the agency, assist a state or local
	law enforcement agency with the investigation of such allegations
	against law enforcement officers in the agency;
	(3)  assist the United States Department of Justice or
	any other appropriate federal department or agency in the
	investigation and prosecution of allegations described by
	Subsection (b);
	(4)  if requested by the agency, assist a federal law
	enforcement agency with the investigation of such allegations
	against law enforcement officers in the agency;
	(5)  serve as a clearinghouse for information relating
	to the investigation and prosecution of allegations described by
	Subsection (b); and
	(6)  report to the highest-ranking officer of the Texas
	Rangers division of the department.
	(d)  On written approval of the director or of the chair of
	the commission, the highest-ranking officer of the Texas Rangers
	division of the department may initiate an investigation of an
	allegation of participation in organized criminal activity by a law
	enforcement officer described by Subsection (b)(1). Written
	approval under this subsection must be based on cause.
	(e)  To the extent allowed by law, a state or local law
	enforcement agency shall cooperate with the public corruption unit
	by providing information requested by the unit as necessary to
	carry out the purposes of this section. Information described by
	this subsection is excepted from required disclosure under Chapter
	552 in the manner provided by Section 552.108.
	SECTION 42.  Chapter 772, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Section 772.007 to read as follows:
	Sec. 772.007.  TEXAS ANTI-GANG GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The
	criminal justice division established under Section 772.006 shall
	administer a competitive grant program to support regional,
	multidisciplinary approaches to combat gang violence through the
	coordination of gang prevention, intervention, and suppression
	activities.
	(b)  The grant program administered under this section must
	be directed toward regions of this state that have demonstrably
	high levels of gang violence.
	(c)  The criminal justice division shall award grants to
	qualified applicants, as determined by the division, that
	demonstrate a comprehensive approach that balances gang
	prevention, intervention, and suppression activities to reduce
	gang violence.
	(d)  The criminal justice division shall include in the
	biennial report required by Section 772.006(a)(9) detailed
	reporting of the results and performance of the grant program
	administered under this section.
	(e)  The criminal justice division may use any revenue
	available for purposes of this section.
	SECTION 43.  Section 9A, Article 18.20, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, as added by this Act, applies only to an application for
	an order authorizing the interception of a wire, oral, or
	electronic communication that is submitted on or after the
	effective date of this Act. An application that was submitted
	before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in
	effect on the date the application was submitted, and the former law
	is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 44.  Not later than December 1, 2010, the Department
	of Public Safety shall establish the public corruption unit under
	Section 411.0207, Government Code, as added by this Act.
	SECTION 45.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
	over another Act of the 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009,
	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
	codes.
	SECTION 46.  (a)  The Legislative Budget Board shall prepare
	an annual criminal justice policy impact statement for this Act.
	(b)  The impact statement must include information
	concerning:
	(1)  the number of arrests and resulting criminal
	dispositions under this Act;
	(2)  the fiscal impact of arrests, trials, convictions,
	and imprisoning or imposing other sanctions on persons in
	accordance with this Act;
	(3)  the race and ethnicity of persons arrested,
	prosecuted, convicted, and incarcerated under this Act;
	(4)  the impact of this Act on existing correctional
	facilities, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code;
	(5)  the likelihood that this Act may create a need for
	additional prison capacity;
	(6)  civil action damages assessed and collected, and
	assets seized and forfeited under this Act; and
	(7)  any other matter the Legislative Budget Board
	determines relevant.
	(c)  The Legislative Budget Board shall complete the impact
	statement not later than December 1 each year, beginning December
	1, 2010, and make it available to the public on its website.
	SECTION 47.  (a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
	(b)  Sections 37.110 and 51.973, Education Code, and Section
	42.064, Human Resources Code, as added by this Act, take effect
	immediately if this Act receives a vote of two-thirds of all the
	members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article
	III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote
	necessary for immediate effect, those sections of the Education
	Code and Human Resources Code take effect September 1, 2009.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2086 was passed by the House on April
	24, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, 1 present, not
	voting; that the House refused to concur in Senate amendments to
	H.B. No. 2086 on May 29, 2009, and requested the appointment of a
	conference committee to consider the differences between the two
	houses; and that the House adopted the conference committee report
	on H.B. No. 2086 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 142,
	Nays 1, 1 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2086 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0; at the request of the House, the Senate appointed a conference
	committee to consider the differences between the two houses; and
	that the Senate adopted the conference committee report on H.B. No.
	2086 on May 31, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
	__________________
	Governor