H.B. No. 2613

	AN ACT
	relating to the offense of operation of a stash house and to funding
	certain crime victim services through the use of money derived from
	a civil asset forfeiture of contraband related to that offense,
	human smuggling and trafficking offenses, and certain prostitution
	offenses; creating a criminal offense.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 20, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Section 20.07 to read as follows:
	Sec. 20.07.  OPERATION OF STASH HOUSE. (a) A person commits
	an offense if the person knowingly:
	(1)  uses or permits another to use any real estate,
	building, room, tent, vehicle, boat, or other property owned by the
	person or under the person's control to commit an offense or to
	facilitate the commission of an offense under Section 20.05, 20.06,
	20A.02, 20A.03, 43.04, or 43.05; or
	(2)  rents or leases any property to another, intending
	that the property be used as described by Subdivision (1).
	(b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
	(c)  If conduct that constitutes 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 2.  Article 59.01(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	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, 20.06,] 21.11, or 38.04[,] or Chapter [43, 20A,] 29, 30, 31,
	32, 33, 33A, or 35, Penal Code;
	(iii)  any felony under Chapter 43, Penal
	Code, except as provided by Paragraph (B);
	(iv) [(iii)]  any felony under The
	Securities Act (Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil
	Statutes); or
	(v) [(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 151, Finance
	Code;
	(iv)  any felony under Chapter 20A or 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 32, Human
	Resources Code, or Chapter 31, 32, 35A, or 37, Penal Code, that
	involves the state Medicaid program;
	(vii)  a Class B misdemeanor under Chapter
	522, Business & Commerce Code;
	(viii)  a Class A misdemeanor under Section
	306.051, Business & Commerce Code;
	(ix)  any offense under Section 42.10, Penal
	Code;
	(x)  any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1)
	or 46.14, Penal Code;
	(xi)  any offense under Chapter 71, Penal
	Code;
	(xii)  any offense under Section 20.05, [or]
	20.06, 20.07, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code; or
	(xiii)  an offense under Section 326.002,
	Business & Commerce 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)(vii), (ix), (x), [or] (xi), or
	(xii) 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)(vii), (ix), (x),
	[or] (xi), or (xii) of this subdivision, or a crime of violence;
	(E)  used to facilitate or intended to be used to
	facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 15.031 or
	Chapter 43 [43.25], Penal Code; or
	(F)  used to facilitate or intended to be used to
	facilitate the commission of an offense [a felony] under Section
	20.05, 20.06, or 20.07 [20A.02] or Chapter 20A [43], Penal Code.
	SECTION 3.  Article 59.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended by adding Subsection (t) to read as follows:
	(t)(1)  This subsection applies only to contraband for which
	forfeiture is authorized with respect to an offense under Section
	20.05, 20.06, 20.07, 43.04, or 43.05 or Chapter 20A, Penal Code.
	(2)  Notwithstanding any other provision of this
	article, the gross amount credited to the special fund of the office
	of the attorney representing the state or of a law enforcement
	agency under Subsection (c) from the forfeiture of contraband
	described by Subdivision (1) shall be:
	(A)  used to provide direct victim services by the
	victim services division or other similar division of the office of
	the attorney representing the state or of a law enforcement agency,
	as applicable; or
	(B)  used by the office of the attorney
	representing the state or of the law enforcement agency to cover the
	costs of a contract with a local nonprofit organization to provide
	direct services to crime victims.
	(3)  An expenditure of money in the manner required by
	this subsection is considered to be for an official purpose of the
	office of the attorney representing the state or for a law
	enforcement purpose, as applicable.
	SECTION 4.  The change in law made 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
	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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2613 was passed by the House on May 9,
	2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 6, 2 present, not
	voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 2613 was passed by the Senate on May
	22, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 1.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED:  _____________________
	Date
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	Governor