Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 125.061
This is the official text of Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 125.061, part of Texas’s Civil Practice and Remedies Code — sets procedural rules and available remedies for civil lawsuits.
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§ 125.061. DEFINITIONS.
Official statutory text
In this subchapter:
(1) "Combination," "criminal street gang," and "foreign terrorist organization" have the meanings assigned by Section 71.01, Penal Code.
(2) "Continuously or regularly" means at least five times in a period of not more than 12 months.
(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 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.
(1) "Combination," "criminal street gang," and "foreign terrorist organization" have the meanings assigned by Section 71.01, Penal Code.
(2) "Continuously or regularly" means at least five times in a period of not more than 12 months.
(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 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.
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