Texas Penal Code

§ 71.01 — DEFINITIONS

PE § 71.01Title 11. ORGANIZED CRIME · Ch. 71. ORGANIZED CRIME

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In this chapter,

(a)"Combination" means three or more persons who collaborate in carrying on criminal activities, although:

(1)participants may not know each other's identity;

(2)membership in the combination may change from time to time; and

(3)participants may stand in a wholesaler-retailer or other arm's-length relationship in illicit distribution operations.

(b)"Conspires to commit" means that a person agrees with one or more persons that they or one or more of them engage in conduct that would constitute the offense and that person and one or more of them perform an overt act in pursuance of the agreement. An agreement constituting conspiring to commit may be inferred from the acts of the parties.

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Legislative history

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 462 (S.B. 1900), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2023.