Texas Laws: Penal Code
Chapter 71 Organized Crime
Texas Laws > Penal Code > Chapter 71 > Section 71.022
Section 71.022. Soliciting Membership In a Criminal Street Gang
Section: Previous 49.06 49.065 49.07 49.08 49.09 49.10 49.11 49.12 71.01 71.02 71.021 71.022 71.03 71.04 71.05 Next§ 71.022. SOLICITING MEMBERSHIP IN A CRIMINAL STREET GANG. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly causes, enables, encourages, recruits, or solicits another person to become a member of a criminal street gang which, as a condition of initiation, admission, membership, or continued membership, requires the commission of any conduct which constitutes an offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor or a felony. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is a felony of the third degree. (c) A second or subsequent offense under this section is a felony of the second degree. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1555, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.