H.B. No. 1622

	AN ACT
	relating to suits to enjoin gang activity that constitutes a public
	nuisance.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Section 125.061(3), Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(3)  "Gang activity" means the following types of
	conduct:
	(A)  organized criminal activity as described by
	Section 71.02, Penal Code;
	(B)  terroristic threat as described by Section
	22.07, Penal Code;
	(C)  coercing, soliciting, or inducing gang
	membership as described by Section 22.015, Penal Code;
	(D)  criminal trespass as described by Section
	30.05, Penal Code;
	(E)  disorderly conduct as described by Section
	42.01, Penal Code;
	(F)  criminal mischief as described by Section
	28.03, Penal Code, that causes a pecuniary loss of $500 or more;
	(G)  a graffiti offense in violation of Section
	28.08, Penal Code[, that:
	[(i)     causes a pecuniary loss of $500 or
	more; or
	[(ii)     occurs at a school, an institution of
	higher education, a place of worship or human cemetery, a public
	monument, or a community center that provides medical, social, or
	educational programs];
	(H)  a weapons offense in violation of Chapter 46,
	Penal Code; or
	(I)  unlawful possession of a substance or other
	item in violation of Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code.
	SECTION 2.  Section 125.067(c), Civil Practice and Remedies
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	(c)  If an appeal is not taken by a person temporarily
	enjoined under this subchapter, the person is entitled to a trial on
	the merits not later than the 90th day after the date of the
	temporary injunctive order, unless otherwise ordered by the court.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made 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 accrues 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 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1622 was passed by the House on May 3,
	2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 1622 was passed by the Senate on May
	25, 2011, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
	_____________________
	Governor