87(R) HB 3478 - Introduced version - Bill Text
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
relating to the prosecution of the offenses of reckless driving and
 
racing on a highway and to the forfeiture of contraband relating to
 
that conduct; increasing a criminal penalty.
 
             BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 
             SECTION  1.    This Act shall be known as Olivia's Law.
 
             SECTION  2.    (a) Article 59.01(2), Code of Criminal
 
Procedure, as effective until January 1, 2022, 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),
 
21.11, or 38.04 or Chapter 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)    any felony under The Securities Act
 
(Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or
 
                                                 (v)    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 a health care program, as defined by Section 35A.01, Penal
 
Code;
 
                                                 (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,
 
20.06, 20.07, 43.04, or 43.05, Penal Code; [or ]
 
                                                 (xiii)    an offense under Section 326.002,
 
Business & Commerce Code; or
 
                                                 (xiv)     a Class A misdemeanor or any felony
 
under Section 545.401 or 545.420, Transportation Code, if the
 
defendant has been previously convicted three or more times of an
 
offense under either section;
 
                                     (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), (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),
 
(xi), or (xii) of this subdivision, or a crime of violence;
 
                                     (E)    used to facilitate or intended to be used to