Bill Text: TX SB2161 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to creating the criminal offenses of providing material support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization and engaging in terrorist activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-21 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB2161 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB2161-Introduced.html
| 86R10725 ADM-F | ||
| By: Paxton | S.B. No. 2161 | |
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| relating to creating the criminal offenses of providing material | ||
| support or resources to a foreign terrorist organization and | ||
| engaging in terrorist activities. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Title 11, Penal Code, is amended | ||
| to read as follows: | ||
| TITLE 11. ORGANIZED CRIME AND TERRORISM | ||
| SECTION 2. Title 11, Penal Code, is amended by adding | ||
| Chapter 72 to read as follows: | ||
| CHAPTER 72. TERRORISM | ||
| Sec. 72.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: | ||
| (1) "Foreign terrorist organization" means an | ||
| organization designated as a foreign terrorist organization under 8 | ||
| U.S.C. Section 1189. | ||
| (2) "Material support or resources" means any | ||
| property, service, or personnel. | ||
| (3) "Property" means: | ||
| (A) real property; | ||
| (B) tangible or intangible personal property, | ||
| including anything severed from land; or | ||
| (C) a document, including money, that represents | ||
| or embodies anything of value. | ||
| (4) "Service" includes: | ||
| (A) labor and professional service; | ||
| (B) telecommunication, public utility, or | ||
| transportation service; | ||
| (C) lodging, restaurant service, and | ||
| entertainment; and | ||
| (D) the supply of a motor vehicle or other | ||
| property for use. | ||
| Sec. 72.02. PROVIDING MATERIAL SUPPORT OR RESOURCES TO | ||
| FOREIGN TERRORIST ORGANIZATION. (a) A person commits an offense if | ||
| the person knowingly provides material support or resources to a | ||
| foreign terrorist organization. | ||
| (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the first | ||
| degree. | ||
| Sec. 72.03. ENGAGING IN TERRORIST ACTIVITIES. (a) A person | ||
| commits an offense if the person, with intent to support or | ||
| participate in the activities of a foreign terrorist organization, | ||
| commits or conspires to commit one or more of the following: | ||
| (1) kidnapping; | ||
| (2) robbery; | ||
| (3) arson; | ||
| (4) trafficking of persons; | ||
| (5) any felony offense under Chapter 31 or 32; | ||
| (6) money laundering; | ||
| (7) any unlawful manufacture, delivery, dispensation, | ||
| or distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug that is | ||
| punishable as a felony; | ||
| (8) tampering with a witness; | ||
| (9) tampering with or fabricating physical evidence; | ||
| (10) tampering with a governmental record; or | ||
| (11) hindering apprehension or prosecution. | ||
| (b) Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), an | ||
| offense under this section is one category higher than the most | ||
| serious offense listed in Subsection (a) that was committed. | ||
| (c) If the most serious offense listed in Subsection (a) | ||
| that was committed is a felony of the first degree, an offense under | ||
| this section is a felony of the first degree punishable by | ||
| imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life | ||
| or for any term of not more than 99 years or less than 15 years. | ||
| (d) If the most serious offense listed in Subsection (a) | ||
| that was committed is described by Subsection (a)(10) or (11), an | ||
| offense under this section is a felony of the third degree. | ||
| Sec. 72.04. APPLICABILITY OF OTHER LAW. If conduct that | ||
| constitutes an offense under this chapter also constitutes an | ||
| offense under other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this | ||
| section, the other law, or both. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
