S.B. No. 1900
 
 
 
AN ACT
relating to foreign terrorist organizations, including the
compilation of information regarding, certain civil actions
brought against, and the prosecution of certain organized crime
offenses involving a foreign terrorist organization and of
sedition.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 125, Civil
Practice and Remedies Code, is amended to read as follows:
SUBCHAPTER D.  MEMBERSHIP IN CRIMINAL STREET GANG OR FOREIGN
TERRORIST ORGANIZATION
       SECTION 2.  Sections 125.061(1) and (3), Civil Practice and
Remedies Code, are amended to read as follows:
             (1)  "Combination," [and] "criminal street gang," and
"foreign terrorist organization" have the meanings assigned by
Section 71.01, Penal Code.
             (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, inducing, or soliciting[, or
inducing gang] membership in a criminal street gang or foreign
terrorist organization as described by Section 71.022(a) or (a-1),
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;
                   (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 3.  Section 125.062, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 125.062.  PUBLIC NUISANCE; COMBINATION. A
combination, [or] criminal street gang, or foreign terrorist
organization that continuously or regularly associates in gang
activities is a public nuisance.
       SECTION 4.  Section 125.063, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 125.063.  PUBLIC NUISANCE; USE OF PLACE. The habitual
use of a place by a combination, [or] criminal street gang, or
foreign terrorist organization for engaging in gang activity is a
public nuisance.
       SECTION 5.  Section 125.064(b), Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       (b)  Any person who habitually associates with others to
engage in gang activity as a member of a combination, [or] criminal
street gang, or foreign terrorist organization may be made a
defendant in the suit. Any person who owns or is responsible for
maintaining a place that is habitually used for engaging in gang
activity may be made a defendant in the suit.
       SECTION 6.  Section 125.065(a), Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       (a)  If the court finds that a combination, [or] criminal
street gang, or foreign terrorist organization constitutes a public
nuisance, the court may enter an order:
             (1)  enjoining a defendant in the suit from engaging in
the gang activities of the combination, [or] criminal street gang,
or foreign terrorist organization; and
             (2)  imposing other reasonable requirements to prevent
the combination, [or] criminal street gang, or foreign terrorist
organization from engaging in future gang activities.
       SECTION 7.  Section 125.069, Civil Practice and Remedies
Code, is amended to read as follows:
       Sec. 125.069.  USE OF PLACE; EVIDENCE. In an action brought
under this subchapter, proof that gang activity by a member of a
combination, [or] a criminal street gang, or a foreign terrorist

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.061, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.062, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.063, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.064, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.065, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.069, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.070, Penal Code 71.01, Penal Code 71.02, Penal Code 71.022, Penal Code 71.023, Property Code 5.005 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125, Penal Code 71, Property Code 5)
Senate Committee Report: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.061, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.062, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.063, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.064, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.065, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.069, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.070, Penal Code 71.01, Penal Code 71.02, Penal Code 71.022, Penal Code 71.023 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125, Penal Code 71, Property Code 5)
Engrossed: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.061, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.062, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.063, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.064, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.065, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.069, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.070, Penal Code 71.01, Penal Code 71.02, Penal Code 71.022, Penal Code 71.023 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125, Penal Code 71, Property Code 5)
House Committee Report: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.061, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.062, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.063, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.064, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.065, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.069, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.070, Penal Code 71.01, Penal Code 71.02, Penal Code 71.022, Penal Code 71.023 (Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125, Penal Code 71, Property Code 5)
Enrolled: Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.061, Civil Practice and Remedies Code 125.062, Civil Pract