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TX Penal Code § 16.06 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 4 - Inchoate Offenses|Chapter 16 - Criminal Instruments, Interception of Wire or Oral Communication, and Installation of Tracking Device|Section 16.06. Unlawful Installation of Tracking Device

Sec. 16.06.  UNLAWFUL INSTALLATION OF TRACKING DEVICE.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Electronic or mechanical tracking device" means a device capable of emitting an electronic frequency or other signal that may be used by a person to identify, monitor, or record the location of another person or object.(2)  "Motor vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 501.002, Transportation Code.(b)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly installs an electronic or mechanical tracking device on a motor vehicle owned or leased by another person.(c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.(d)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that the person:(1)  obtained the effective consent of the owner or lessee of the motor vehicle before the electronic or mechanical tracking device was installed;(2)   assisted another whom the person reasonably believed to be a peace officer authorized to install the device in the course of a criminal investigation or pursuant to an order of a court to gather information for a law enforcement agency; or(3)  was a private investigator licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, who installed the device:(A)  with written consent:(i)  to install the device given by the owner or lessee of the motor vehicle; and(ii)  to enter private residential property, if that entry was necessary to install the device, given by the owner or lessee of the property; or(B)  pursuant to an order of or other authorization from a court to gather information.(e)  This section does not apply to a peace officer who installed the device in the course of a criminal investigation or pursuant to an order of a court to gather information for a law enforcement agency.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 728, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 14.828, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1122 (H.B. 1659), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Penal Code § 19.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 19 - Criminal Homicide|Section 19.01. Types of Criminal Homicide

Sec. 19.01.  TYPES OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE.  (a)  A person commits criminal homicide if he intentionally, knowingly, recklessly, or with criminal negligence causes the death of an individual.(b)  Criminal homicide is murder, capital murder, manslaughter, or criminally negligent homicide.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.|
TX Penal Code § 19.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 19 - Criminal Homicide|Section 19.02. Murder

Sec. 19.02.  MURDER.  (a)  In this section:(1)  "Adequate cause" means cause that would commonly produce a degree of anger, rage, resentment, or terror in a person of ordinary temper, sufficient to render the mind incapable of cool reflection.(2)  "Sudden passion" means passion directly caused by and arising out of provocation by the individual killed or another acting with the person killed which passion arises at the time of the offense and is not solely the result of former provocation.(b)  A person commits an offense if he:(1)  intentionally or knowingly causes the death of an individual;(2)  intends to cause serious bodily injury and commits an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an individual;  or(3)  commits or attempts to commit a felony, other than manslaughter, and in the course of and in furtherance of the commission or attempt, or in immediate flight from the commission or attempt, he commits or attempts to commit an act clearly dangerous to human life that causes the death of an individual.(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.(d)  At the punishment stage of a trial, the defendant may raise the issue as to whether he caused the death under the immediate influence of sudden passion arising from an adequate cause.  If the defendant proves the issue in the affirmative by a preponderance of the evidence, the offense is a felony of the second degree.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.|
TX Penal Code § 19.04 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 19 - Criminal Homicide|Section 19.04. Manslaughter

Sec. 19.04.  MANSLAUGHTER.  (a)  A person commits an offense if he recklessly causes the death of an individual.(b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.04 by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 307, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.05 and amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.|
TX Penal Code § 19.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 19 - Criminal Homicide|Section 19.05. Criminally Negligent Homicide

Sec. 19.05.  CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE.  (a)  A person commits an offense if he causes the death of an individual by criminal negligence.(b)  An offense under this section is a state jail felony.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.06 by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 1123, ch. 426, art. 2, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Renumbered from Penal Code Sec. 19.07 and amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.|
TX Penal Code § 19.06 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 19 - Criminal Homicide|Section 19.06. Applicability to Certain Conduct

Sec. 19.06.  APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT.  This chapter does not apply to the death of an unborn child if the conduct charged is:(1)  conduct committed by the mother of the unborn child;(2)  a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider with the requisite consent, if the death of the unborn child was the intended result of the procedure;(3)  a lawful medical procedure performed by a physician or other licensed health care provider with the requisite consent as part of an assisted reproduction as defined by Section 160.102, Family Code;  or(4)  the dispensation of a drug in accordance with law or administration of a drug prescribed in accordance with law.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2.02, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Penal Code § 20.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 20 - Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and Smuggling of Persons|Section 20.01. Definitions

Sec. 20.01.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Restrain" means to restrict a person's movements without consent, so as to interfere substantially with the person's liberty, by moving the person from one place to another or by confining the person. Restraint is "without consent" if it is accomplished by:(A)  force, intimidation, or deception;  or(B)  any means, including acquiescence of the victim, if:(i)  the victim is a child who is less than 14 years of age or an incompetent person and the parent, guardian, or person or institution acting in loco parentis has not acquiesced in the movement or confinement;  or(ii)  the victim is a child who is 14 years of age or older and younger than 17 years of age, the victim is taken outside of the state and outside a 120-mile radius from the victim's residence, and the parent, guardian, or person or institution acting in loco parentis has not acquiesced in the movement.(2)  "Abduct" means to restrain a person with intent to prevent his liberation by:(A)  secreting or holding him in a place where he is not likely to be found;  or(B)  using or threatening to use deadly force.(3)  "Relative" means a parent or stepparent, ancestor, sibling, or uncle or aunt, including an adoptive relative of the same degree through marriage or adoption.(4)  "Person" means an individual or a corporation, association, limited liability company, or other entity or organization governed by the Business Organizations Code.(5)  Notwithstanding Section 1.07, "individual" means a human being who has been born and is alive.(6)  "Agricultural land" has the meaning assigned by Section 75.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.(7)  "Firearm" has the meaning assigned by Section 46.01.(8)  "Special investigator" includes an agent of the United States Department of Homeland Security.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 822, Sec. 2.03, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1258), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 572 (S.B. 576), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Penal Code § 20.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 20 - Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and Smuggling of Persons|Section 20.02. Unlawful Restraint

Sec. 20.02.  UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT.  (a)  A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly restrains another person.(b)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that:(1)  the person restrained was a child younger than 14 years of age;(2)  the actor was a relative of the child;  and(3)  the actor's sole intent was to assume lawful control of the child.(c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that the offense is:(1)  a state jail felony if the person restrained was a child younger than 17 years of age;(2)  a felony of the third degree if:(A)  the actor recklessly exposes the victim to a substantial risk of serious bodily injury;(B)  the actor restrains an individual the actor knows is a public servant while the public servant is lawfully discharging an official duty or in retaliation or on account of an exercise of official power or performance of an official duty as a public servant; or(C)  the actor while in custody restrains any other person; or(3)  notwithstanding Subdivision (2)(B), a felony of the second degree if the actor restrains an individual the actor knows is a peace officer or judge while the officer or judge is lawfully discharging an official duty or in retaliation or on account of an exercise of official power or performance of an official duty as a peace officer or judge.(d)  It is no offense to detain or move another under this section when it is for the purpose of effecting a lawful arrest or detaining an individual lawfully arrested.(e)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that:(1)  the person restrained was a child who is 14 years of age or older and younger than 17 years of age;(2)  the actor does not restrain the child by force, intimidation, or deception;  and(3)  the actor is not more than three years older than the child.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 707, Sec. 1(b), 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 790, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 524, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 440 (H.B. 2908), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.|
TX Penal Code § 20.03 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 20 - Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and Smuggling of Persons|Section 20.03. Kidnapping

Sec. 20.03.  KIDNAPPING.  (a)  A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly abducts another person.(b)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution under this section that:(1)  the abduction was not coupled with intent to use or to threaten to use deadly force;(2)  the actor was a relative of the person abducted;  and(3)  the actor's sole intent was to assume lawful control of the victim.(c)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.|
TX Penal Code § 20.04 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 20 - Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and Smuggling of Persons|Section 20.04. Aggravated Kidnapping

Sec. 20.04.  AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING.  (a)  A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly abducts another person with the intent to:(1)  hold him for ransom or reward;(2)  use him as a shield or hostage;(3)  facilitate the commission of a felony or the flight after the attempt or commission of a felony;(4)  inflict bodily injury on him or violate or abuse him sexually;(5)  terrorize him or a third person;  or(6)  interfere with the performance of any governmental or political function.(b)  A person commits an offense if the person intentionally or knowingly abducts another person and uses or exhibits a deadly weapon during the commission of the offense.(c)  Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.(d)  At the punishment stage of a trial, the defendant may raise the issue as to whether he voluntarily released the victim in a safe place.  If the defendant proves the issue in the affirmative by a preponderance of the evidence, the offense is a felony of the second degree.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.|
TX Penal Code § 20.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 20 - Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and Smuggling of Persons|Section 20.05. Smuggling of Persons

Sec. 20.05.  SMUGGLING OF PERSONS.  (a)  A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:(1)  uses a motor vehicle, aircraft, watercraft, or other means of conveyance to transport an individual with the intent to:(A)  conceal the individual from a peace officer or special investigator; or(B)  flee from a person the actor knows is a peace officer or special investigator attempting to lawfully arrest or detain the actor;(2)  encourages or induces a person to enter or remain in this country in violation of federal law by concealing, harboring, or shielding that person from detection; or(3)  assists, guides, or directs two or more individuals to enter or remain on agricultural land without the effective consent of the owner.(b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree, except that the offense is:(1)  a felony of the second degree if:(A)  the actor commits the offense  in a manner that creates a substantial likelihood that the smuggled individual will suffer serious bodily injury or death;(B)  the smuggled individual is a child younger than 18 years of age at the time of the offense;(C)  the offense was committed with the intent to obtain a pecuniary benefit;(D)  during the commission of the offense the actor, another party to the offense, or an individual assisted, guided, or directed by the actor knowingly possessed a firearm; or(E)  the actor commits the offense under Subsection (a)(1)(B); or(2)  a felony of the first degree if:(A)  it is shown on the trial of the offense that, as a direct result of the commission of the offense, the smuggled individual became a victim of sexual assault, as defined by Section 22.011, or aggravated sexual assault, as defined by Section 22.021; or(B)  the smuggled individual suffered serious bodily injury or death.(c)  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of an offense under this section, other than an offense punishable under Subsection (b)(1)(A) or (b)(2), that the actor is related to the smuggled individual within the second degree of consanguinity or, at the time of the offense, within the second degree of affinity.(d)  If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another section of this code, the actor may be prosecuted under either section or under both sections.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1014, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 223 (H.B. 260), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 333 (H.B. 11), Sec. 14, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 572 (S.B. 576), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Penal Code § 20.06 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 20 - Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and Smuggling of Persons|Section 20.06. Continuous Smuggling of Persons

Sec. 20.06.  CONTINUOUS SMUGGLING OF PERSONS.  (a)  A person commits an offense if, during a period that is 10 or more days in duration, the person engages two or more times in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20.05.(b)  If a jury is the trier of fact, members of the jury are not required to agree unanimously on which specific conduct engaged in by the defendant constituted an offense under Section 20.05 or on which exact date the defendant engaged in that conduct.  The jury must agree unanimously that the defendant, during a period that is 10 or more days in duration, engaged two or more times in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20.05.(c)  If the victim of an offense under Subsection (a) is the same victim as a victim of an offense under Section 20.05, a defendant may not be convicted of the offense under Section 20.05 in the same criminal action as the offense under Subsection (a), unless the offense under Section 20.05:(1)  is charged in the alternative;(2)  occurred outside the period in which the offense alleged under Subsection (a) was committed; or(3)  is considered by the trier of fact to be a lesser included offense of the offense alleged under Subsection (a).(d)  A defendant may not be charged with more than one count under Subsection (a) if all of the conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20.05 is alleged to have been committed against the same victim.(e)  Except as provided by Subsections (f) and (g), an offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.(f)  An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree if:(1)  the conduct constituting an offense under Section 20.05 is conducted in a manner that creates a substantial likelihood that the smuggled individual will suffer serious bodily injury or death; or(2)  the smuggled individual is a child younger than 18 years of age at the time of the offense.(g)  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 25 years, if:(1)  it is shown on the trial of the offense that, as a direct result of the commission of the offense, the smuggled individual became a victim of sexual assault, as defined by Section 22.011, or aggravated sexual assault, as defined by Section 22.021; or(2)  the smuggled individual suffered serious bodily injury or death.|Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 333 (H.B. 11), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Penal Code § 20.07 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 20 - Kidnapping, Unlawful Restraint, and Smuggling of Persons|Section 20.07. Operation of Stash House

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.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 412 (H.B. 2613), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Penal Code § 20A.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 5 - Offenses Against the Person|Chapter 20A - Trafficking of Persons|Section 20A.01. Definitions

Sec. 20A.01.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Child" means a person younger than 18 years of age.(1-a)  "Coercion" as defined by Section 1.07 includes:(A)  destroying, concealing, confiscating, or withholding from a trafficked person, or threatening to destroy, conceal, confiscate, or withhold from a trafficked person, the person's actual or purported:(i)  government records; or(ii)  identifying information or documents;(B)  causing a trafficked person, without the person's consent, to become intoxicated, as defined by Section 49.01, to a degree that impairs the person's ability to appraise the nature of or resist engaging in any conduct, including performing or providing labor or services; or(C)  withholding alcohol or a controlled substance to a degree that impairs the ability of a trafficked person with a chemical dependency, as defined by Section 462.001, Health and Safety Code, to appraise the nature of or resist engaging in any conduct, including performing or providing labor or services.(2)  "Forced labor or services" means labor or services, other than labor or services that constitute sexual conduct, that are performed or provided by another person and obtained through an actor's use of force, fraud, or coercion.(2-a)  "Premises" has the meaning assigned by Section 481.134, Health and Safety Code.(2-b)  "School" means a public or private primary or secondary school.(3)  "Sexual conduct" has the meaning assigned by Section 43.25.(4)  "Traffic" means to transport, entice, recruit, harbor, provide, or otherwise obtain another person by any means.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 641, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 258 (S.B. 11), Sec. 16.01, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 849 (H.B. 1121), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007.Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 24), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2011.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 807 (H.B. 1540), Sec. 21, eff. September 1, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 905 (H.B. 3521), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1049 (S.B. 1831), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2021.|