By: Bonnen of Brazoria, Phillips, Oliveira,	H.B. No. 11
	Lucio III, Parker, et al.

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to the powers and duties of the Texas Department of Public
	Safety and the investigation, prosecution, punishment, and
	prevention of certain offenses; creating an offense and increasing
	a criminal penalty.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
	amended to read as follows:
	Art. 2.12.  WHO ARE PEACE OFFICERS.  The following are peace
	officers:
	(1)  sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve
	deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under
	Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
	(2)  constables, deputy constables, and those reserve
	deputy constables who hold a permanent peace officer license issued
	under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code;
	(3)  marshals or police officers of an incorporated
	city, town, or village, and those reserve municipal police officers
	who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter
	1701, Occupations Code;
	(4)  rangers, [and] officers, and members of the
	reserve officer corps commissioned by the Public Safety Commission
	and the Director of the Department of Public Safety;
	(5)  investigators of the district attorneys', criminal
	district attorneys', and county attorneys' offices;
	(6)  law enforcement agents of the Texas Alcoholic
	Beverage Commission;
	(7)  each member of an arson investigating unit
	commissioned by a city, a county, or the state;
	(8)  officers commissioned under Section 37.081,
	Education Code, or Subchapter E, Chapter 51, Education Code;
	(9)  officers commissioned by the General Services
	Commission;
	(10)  law enforcement officers commissioned by the
	Parks and Wildlife Commission;
	(11)  airport police officers commissioned by a city
	with a population of more than 1.18 million located primarily in a
	county with a population of 2 million or more that operates an
	airport that serves commercial air carriers;
	(12)  airport security personnel commissioned as peace
	officers by the governing body of any political subdivision of this
	state, other than a city described by Subdivision (11), that
	operates an airport that serves commercial air carriers;
	(13)  municipal park and recreational patrolmen and
	security officers;
	(14)  security officers and investigators commissioned
	as peace officers by the comptroller;
	(15)  officers commissioned by a water control and
	improvement district under Section 49.216, Water Code;
	(16)  officers commissioned by a board of trustees
	under Chapter 54, Transportation Code;
	(17)  investigators commissioned by the Texas Medical
	Board;
	(18)  officers commissioned by:
	(A)  the board of managers of the Dallas County
	Hospital District, the Tarrant County Hospital District, the Bexar
	County Hospital District, or the El Paso County Hospital District
	under Section 281.057, Health and Safety Code;
	(B)  the board of directors of the Ector County
	Hospital District under Section 1024.117, Special District Local
	Laws Code; and
	(C)  the board of directors of the Midland County
	Hospital District of Midland County, Texas, under Section 1061.121,
	Special District Local Laws Code;
	(19)  county park rangers commissioned under
	Subchapter E, Chapter 351, Local Government Code;
	(20)  investigators employed by the Texas Racing
	Commission;
	(21)  officers commissioned under Chapter 554,
	Occupations Code;
	(22)  officers commissioned by the governing body of a
	metropolitan rapid transit authority under Section 451.108,
	Transportation Code, or by a regional transportation authority
	under Section 452.110, Transportation Code;
	(23)  investigators commissioned by the attorney
	general under Section 402.009, Government Code;
	(24)  security officers and investigators commissioned
	as peace officers under Chapter 466, Government Code;
	(25)  an officer employed by the Department of State
	Health Services under Section 431.2471, Health and Safety Code;
	(26)  officers appointed by an appellate court under
	Subchapter F, Chapter 53, Government Code;
	(27)  officers commissioned by the state fire marshal
	under Chapter 417, Government Code;
	(28)  an investigator commissioned by the commissioner
	of insurance under Section 701.104, Insurance Code;
	(29)  apprehension specialists and inspectors general
	commissioned by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department as officers
	under Sections 242.102 and 243.052, Human Resources Code;
	(30)  officers appointed by the inspector general of
	the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under Section 493.019,
	Government Code;
	(31)  investigators commissioned by the Texas
	Commission on Law Enforcement under Section 1701.160, Occupations
	Code;
	(32)  commission investigators commissioned by the
	Texas Private Security Board under Section 1702.061 [1702.061(f)],
	Occupations Code;
	(33)  the fire marshal and any officers, inspectors, or
	investigators commissioned by an emergency services district under
	Chapter 775, Health and Safety Code;
	(34)  officers commissioned by the State Board of
	Dental Examiners under Section 254.013, Occupations Code, subject
	to the limitations imposed by that section;
	(35)  investigators commissioned by the Texas Juvenile
	Justice Department as officers under Section 221.011, Human
	Resources Code; and
	(36)  the fire marshal and any related officers,
	inspectors, or investigators commissioned by a county under
	Subchapter B, Chapter 352, Local Government Code.
	SECTION 2.  Section 4, Article 18.20, Code of Criminal
	Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 4.  OFFENSES FOR WHICH INTERCEPTIONS MAY BE
	AUTHORIZED.  A judge of competent jurisdiction may issue an order
	authorizing interception of wire, oral, or electronic
	communications only if the prosecutor applying for the order shows
	probable cause to believe that the interception will provide
	evidence of the commission of:
	(1)  a felony under Section 19.02, 19.03, or 43.26,
	Penal Code;
	(2)  a felony under:
	(A)  Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, other
	than felony possession of marihuana;
	(B)  Section 485.032, Health and Safety Code; or
	(C)  Chapter 483, Health and Safety Code;
	(3)  an offense under Section 20.03 or 20.04, Penal
	Code;
	(4)  an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code;
	(5)  an offense under Chapter 34, Penal Code, if the
	criminal activity giving rise to the proceeds involves the
	commission of an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, or an offense
	under federal law or the laws of another state containing elements
	that are substantially similar to the elements of an offense under
	Title 5;
	(6)  an offense under Section 38.11, Penal Code; [or]
	(7)  an offense under Section 43.04 or 43.05, Penal
	Code; or
	(8)  an attempt, conspiracy, or solicitation to commit
	an offense listed in this section.
	SECTION 3.  Article 59.01(2), Code of Criminal Procedure, as
	amended by Chapters 427 (S.B. 529) and 1357 (S.B. 1451), Acts of the
	83rd Legislature, Regular Session, 2013, is reenacted and amended
	to read as follows:
	(2)  "Contraband" means property of any nature,
	including real, personal, tangible, or intangible, that is:
	(A)  used in the commission of:
	(i)  any first or second degree felony under
	the Penal Code;
	(ii)  any felony under Section 15.031(b),
	20.05, 20.06, 21.11, 38.04, or Chapter 43, 20A, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33,
	33A, or 35, Penal Code;
	(iii)  any felony under The Securities Act
	(Article 581-1 et seq., Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes); or
	(iv)  any offense under Chapter 49, Penal
	Code, that is punishable as a felony of the third degree or state
	jail felony, if the defendant has been previously convicted three
	times of an offense under that chapter;
	(B)  used or intended to be used in the commission
	of:
	(i)  any felony under Chapter 481, Health
	and Safety Code (Texas Controlled Substances Act);
	(ii)  any felony under Chapter 483, Health
	and Safety Code;
	(iii)  a felony under Chapter 151, Finance
	Code;
	(iv)  any felony under Chapter 34, Penal
	Code;
	(v)  a Class A misdemeanor under Subchapter
	B, Chapter 365, Health and Safety Code, if the defendant has been
	previously convicted twice of an offense under that subchapter;
	(vi)  any felony under Chapter 32, Human
	Resources Code, or Chapter 31, 32, 35A, or 37, Penal Code, that
	involves the state Medicaid program;
	(vii)  a Class B misdemeanor under Chapter
	522, Business & Commerce Code;
	(viii)  a Class A misdemeanor under Section
	306.051, Business & Commerce Code;
	(ix)  any offense under Section 42.10, Penal
	Code;
	(x)  any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1)
	or 46.14, Penal Code;
	(xi)  any offense under Chapter 71, Penal
	Code;
	(xii)  any offense under Section 20.05 or
	20.06, Penal Code; or
	(xiii) [(xiv)]  an offense under Section
	326.002, Business & Commerce Code;
	(C)  the proceeds gained from the commission of a
	felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this subdivision, a
	misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(vii), (ix), (x), or (xi) of
	this subdivision, or a crime of violence;
	(D)  acquired with proceeds gained from the
	commission of a felony listed in Paragraph (A) or (B) of this
	subdivision, a misdemeanor listed in Paragraph (B)(vii), (ix), (x),
	or (xi) of this subdivision, or a crime of violence;
	(E)  used to facilitate or intended to be used to
	facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 15.031 or
	43.25, Penal Code; or
	(F)  used to facilitate or intended to be used to
	facilitate the commission of a felony under Section 20A.02 or
	Chapter 43, Penal Code.
	SECTION 4.  Section 411.0043, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 411.0043.  TECHNOLOGY POLICY; REVIEW.  (a) The
	commission shall implement a policy requiring the department to use
	appropriate technological solutions to improve the department's
	ability to perform its functions. The policy must ensure that the
	public is able to interact with the department on the Internet.
	(b)  The department shall periodically:
	(1)  review the department's existing information
	technology system to determine whether:
	(A)  the system's security should be upgraded; and
	(B)  the system provides the department with the
	best ability to monitor and investigate criminal activity on the
	Internet; and
	(2)  make any necessary improvements to the
	department's information technology system.
	SECTION 5.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.0101 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.0101.  ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT
	AGENCIES ALONG TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER. In addition to any other
	department operations in a county along the Texas-Mexico border,
	the department shall provide assistance with offenses punishable as
	a third degree felony or higher to a county or municipal law
	enforcement agency in a county along the Texas-Mexico border on a
	request from the law enforcement agency for assistance.  The
	regional commander has discretion to allocate department resources
	as necessary to meet the department's objectives.
	SECTION 6.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.0163 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.0163.  HIRING OFFICERS WITH PREVIOUS LAW
	ENFORCEMENT EXPERIENCE. Notwithstanding any other provision of
	law, the department may, at the time a commissioned officer is
	hired, elect to credit up to four years of experience as a peace
	officer in the state as years of service for the purpose of
	calculating the officer's salary under Schedule C. All officers are
	subject to the one-year probationary period under Section
	411.007(g) notwithstanding the officer's rank or salary
	classification.
	SECTION 7.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.0164 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.0164.  50-HOUR WORK WEEK FOR COMMISSIONED OFFICERS
	ASSIGNED TO THE TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER REGION. Notwithstanding any
	other law, the department may implement a 10-hour work day and
	50-hour work week for commissioned officers of the department
	assigned to a department region that includes counties along the
	Texas-Mexico border.
	SECTION 8.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.0165 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.0165.  VETERAN APPLICANTS FOR TROOPER TRAINING.
	The department may accept a person applying to the department's
	trooper trainee academy if the person:
	(1)  has served four or more years in the United States
	armed forces as a member of the military police or other security
	force and received an honorable discharge; and
	(2)  meets all other department requirements for a
	commissioned officer.
	SECTION 9.  Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Sections 411.0208 and 411.0209 to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 411.0208.  RESERVE OFFICER CORPS. (a) The commission
	may provide for the establishment of a reserve officer corps
	consisting of retired or previously commissioned officers of the
	department who retired or resigned in good standing.
	(b)  The commission shall establish qualifications and
	standards of training for members of the reserve officer corps.
	(c)  The commission may limit the size of the reserve officer
	corps.
	(d)  The director shall appoint the members of the reserve
	officer corps. Members serve at the director's discretion.
	(e)  The director may call the reserve officer corps into
	service at any time the director considers it necessary to have
	additional officers to assist the department in conducting
	background investigations, sex offender compliance checks, and
	other duties as determined necessary by the director.
	Sec. 411.0209.  DEPARTMENT ASSISTANCE AT INTERNATIONAL
	BORDER CHECKPOINTS. (a) To prevent the unlawful transfer of
	contraband from this state to the United Mexican States and other
	unlawful activity, the department shall conduct a study concerning
	the feasibility of providing to federal authorities and to local
	law enforcement authorities working with those federal authorities
	at international border checkpoints assistance in the interdiction
	of weapons, bulk currency, stolen vehicles, and other contraband,
	and of fugitives, being smuggled into the United Mexican States.
	The department shall also study whether the establishment of
	international border checkpoints will have a negative impact on
	toll revenues.
	(b)  The department may share with the federal government the
	cost of staffing any international border checkpoints for the
	purposes described by this section.
	(c)  The director and applicable local law enforcement
	authorities shall adopt procedures as necessary to administer this
	section.
	SECTION 10.  Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.054 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.054.  CRIME STATISTICS REPORTING. (a)  Each local
	law enforcement agency shall:
	(1)  implement an incident-based reporting system that
	meets the reporting requirements of the National Incident-Based
	Reporting System of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the
	Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
	(2)  use the system described by Subdivision (1) to
	submit to the department information and statistics concerning
	criminal offenses committed in the jurisdiction of the local law
	enforcement agency.
	(b)  The department shall adopt rules to implement this
	section, including rules prescribing:
	(1)  the form and manner of the submission of
	information and statistics; and
	(2)  the frequency of reporting.
	(c)  Notwithstanding any other law, a local law enforcement
	agency that is not in compliance with this section and that receives
	grant funds from the department or the criminal justice division of
	the governor's office may only use those funds to come into
	compliance with this section.
	(d)  A local law enforcement agency is not required to comply
	with this section before September 1, 2019.
	(e)  Subsection (d) and this subsection expire September 1,
	2019.
	SECTION 11.  Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by
	adding Subchapter P to read as follows:
	SUBCHAPTER P.  STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT COMMITTEE
	Sec. 411.431.  DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:
	(1)  "Border" means the border between this state and
	Mexico.
	(2)  "Committee" means the State Law Enforcement
	Operations Oversight Committee established under this subchapter.
	Sec. 411.432.  STATE LAW ENFORCEMENT OPERATIONS OVERSIGHT
	COMMITTEE. (a) A State Law Enforcement Operations Oversight
	Committee is established to ensure transparency of state operations
	targeting transnational gang and cartel activity.
	(b)  Members of the committee are appointed as follows:
	(1)  five members of the senate appointed by the
	lieutenant governor;
	(2)  five members of the house of representatives
	appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; and
	(3)  one public member appointed by the governor.
	(c)  A member of the committee serves at the will of the
	appointing official.
	(d)  The lieutenant governor and the speaker of the house of
	representatives shall appoint the chair of the committee on an
	alternating basis.  The chair of the committee serves a one-year
	term that expires September 1 of each year.
	(e)  A member of the committee is not entitled to receive
	compensation for service on the committee or reimbursement for
	expenses incurred in the performance of official duties as a member
	of the committee.
	(f)  Chapter 2110 does not apply to the committee.
	Sec. 411.433.  POWERS AND DUTIES. (a)  The committee has the
	powers and duties of a general investigating committee under
	Sections 301.020, 301.024, and 301.028, including access to
	confidential and law enforcement sensitive information.
	(b)  The committee:
	(1)  shall monitor and regularly report to the
	legislature on the progress of state operations targeting
	transnational gang and cartel activity, including monitoring
	conditions at the local level;
	(2)  may request from the department, the Parks and
	Wildlife Department, and the Texas military forces reports and any
	other information related to border operations considered
	necessary by the committee;
	(3)  if necessary, shall cooperate with local and
	federal officials to perform the committee's duties; and
	(4)  shall meet monthly to carry out the committee's
	duties.
	(c)  The committee may meet and consult with and advise local
	governments and federal authorities.
	Sec. 411.434.  REPORTS TO COMMITTEE. (a)  The department,
	the Parks and Wildlife Department, and the Texas military forces
	shall submit monthly reports to the committee:
	(1)  on the status and progress of law enforcement
	operations, activities, programs, and investigations targeting
	transnational gang and cartel activity;
	(2)  providing a detailed analysis of spending,
	including any incremental costs, for operations, activities,
	programs, and investigations targeting transnational gang and
	cartel activity, including:
	(A)  salaries, equipment, and capital purchases;
	and
	(B)  any contracts related to operations,
	activities, programs, and investigations targeting transnational
	gang and cartel activity, and for each contract:
	(i)  the procurement process for the
	contract;
	(ii)  to whom the contract was awarded;
	(iii)  the amount of the contract; and
	(iv)  if the contract was an emergency
	purchase under Section 2155.137, state that fact and the reason why
	it was considered an emergency; and
	(3)  that include:
	(A)  the impact of state operations, activities,
	programs, and investigations targeting transnational gang and
	cartel activity on the resources of local law enforcement
	authorities and the attrition of local law enforcement officers;
	and
	(B)  recommendations on minimizing the disruption
	to local law enforcement authorities from state operations,
	activities, programs, and investigations targeting transnational
	gang and cartel activity.
	(b)  The department, the Parks and Wildlife Department, and
	the Texas military forces shall:
	(1)  brief the committee in person at the request of the
	committee; and
	(2)  respond to any committee request for reports or
	other information under Section 411.433.
	SECTION 12.  Section 772.007, Government Code, is reenacted
	to read as follows:
	Sec. 772.007.  TEXAS ANTI-GANG GRANT PROGRAM. (a) The
	criminal justice division established under Section 772.006 shall
	administer a competitive grant program to support regional,
	multidisciplinary approaches to combat gang violence through the
	coordination of gang prevention, intervention, and suppression
	activities.
	(b)  The grant program administered under this section must
	be directed toward regions of this state that have demonstrably
	high levels of gang violence.
	(c)  The criminal justice division shall award grants to
	qualified applicants, as determined by the division, that
	demonstrate a comprehensive approach that balances gang
	prevention, intervention, and suppression activities to reduce
	gang violence.
	(d)  The criminal justice division shall include in the
	biennial report required by Section 772.006(a)(9) detailed
	reporting of the results and performance of the grant program
	administered under this section.
	(e)  The criminal justice division may use any revenue
	available for purposes of this section.
	SECTION 13.  Chapter 362, Local Government Code, is amended
	by adding Section 362.005 to read as follows:
	Sec. 362.005.  TEXAS TRANSNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER. (a)
	The sheriff's department of a county with a population of at least
	700,000 but not more than 800,000 that borders the Texas-Mexico
	border and the police department of the municipality having the
	largest population in that county shall jointly establish and
	operate the Texas Transnational Intelligence Center as a central
	repository of real-time intelligence relating to criminal activity
	in the counties along the Texas-Mexico border. The Texas Department
	of Public Safety shall assist the county sheriff's department and
	the municipal police department in the establishment and operation
	of the center.
	(b)  Each law enforcement agency in a county located along
	the Texas-Mexico border and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission
	and Parks and Wildlife Department shall report to the Texas
	Transnational Intelligence Center intelligence regarding criminal
	activity in the law enforcement agency's jurisdiction, including
	details on kidnappings, home invasions, and incidents of
	impersonation of law enforcement officers.
	(c)  The intelligence in the Texas Transnational
	Intelligence Center shall be made available to each law enforcement
	agency in the state and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and
	Parks and Wildlife Department.
	(d)  The Texas Transnational Intelligence Center shall
	comply with Section 421.085, Government Code, and the rules
	relating to that section.
	SECTION 14.  Section 20.05, Penal Code, is amended to read as
	follows:
	Sec. 20.05.  SMUGGLING OF PERSONS. (a) A person commits an
	offense if the person, with the intent to obtain a pecuniary
	benefit, knowingly:
	(1)  [intentionally] uses a motor vehicle, aircraft,
	[or] watercraft, or other means of conveyance to transport an
	individual with the intent to:
	(A) [(1)]  conceal the individual from a peace
	officer or special investigator; or
	(B) [(2)]  flee from a person the actor knows is a
	peace officer or special investigator attempting to lawfully arrest
	or detain the actor; or
	(2)  encourages or induces an individual to enter or
	remain in this country in violation of federal law by concealing,
	harboring, or shielding that person from detection.
	(b)  An [Except as provided by Subsection (c), an] offense
	under this section is [a state jail felony.
	[(c)  An offense under this section is] a felony of the third
	degree, except that [if the actor commits] the offense is:
	(1)  a felony of the second degree if:
	(A)  the actor commits the offense [for pecuniary
	benefit; or
	[(2)]  in a manner that creates a substantial
	likelihood that the smuggled [transported] individual will suffer
	serious bodily injury or death; or
	(B)  the smuggled individual is a child younger
	than 18 years of age at the time of the offense; 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) [(d)]  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution,
	other than a prosecution to which Subsections (b)(1)(A) or (b)(2)
	apply, under this section that the actor is related to the smuggled
	[transported] individual within the second degree of consanguinity
	or, at the time of the offense, within the second degree of
	affinity.
	(d) [(e)]  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.
	SECTION 15.  Chapter 20, Penal Code, is amended by adding
	Section 20.06 to read as follows:
	Sec. 20.06.  CONTINUOUS SMUGGLING OF PERSONS. (a) A person
	commits an offense if 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 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.
	SECTION 16.  Sections 71.02(a) and (b), Penal Code, are
	amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A person commits an offense if, with the intent to
	establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the
	profits of a combination or as a member of a criminal street gang,
	the person commits or conspires to commit one or more of the
	following:
	(1)  murder, capital murder, arson, aggravated
	robbery, robbery, burglary, theft, aggravated kidnapping,
	kidnapping, aggravated assault, aggravated sexual assault, sexual
	assault, continuous sexual abuse of young child or children,
	solicitation of a minor, forgery, deadly conduct, assault
	punishable as a Class A misdemeanor, burglary of a motor vehicle, or
	unauthorized use of a motor vehicle;
	(2)  any gambling offense punishable as a Class A
	misdemeanor;
	(3)  promotion of prostitution, aggravated promotion
	of prostitution, or compelling prostitution;
	(4)  unlawful manufacture, transportation, repair, or
	sale of firearms or prohibited weapons;
	(5)  unlawful manufacture, delivery, dispensation, or
	distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug, or
	unlawful possession of a controlled substance or dangerous drug
	through forgery, fraud, misrepresentation, or deception;
	(5-a)  causing the unlawful delivery, dispensation, or
	distribution of a controlled substance or dangerous drug in
	violation of Subtitle B, Title 3, Occupations Code;
	(6)  any unlawful wholesale promotion or possession of
	any obscene material or obscene device with the intent to wholesale
	promote the same;
	(7)  any offense under Subchapter B, Chapter 43,
	depicting or involving conduct by or directed toward a child
	younger than 18 years of age;
	(8)  any felony offense under Chapter 32;
	(9)  any offense under Chapter 36;
	(10)  any offense under Chapter 34, 35, or 35A;
	(11)  any offense under Section 37.11(a);
	(12)  any offense under Chapter 20A;
	(13)  any offense under Section 37.10;
	(14)  any offense under Section 38.06, 38.07, 38.09, or
	38.11;
	(15)  any offense under Section 42.10;
	(16)  any offense under Section 46.06(a)(1) or 46.14;
	(17)  any offense under Section 20.05 or 20.06; or
	(18)  any offense classified as a felony under the Tax
	Code.
	(b)  Except as provided in 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, and if
	the most serious offense is a Class A misdemeanor, the offense is a
	state jail felony, except that the offense is a felony of the first
	degree punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of
	Criminal Justice for:
	(1)  life without parole, if the most serious offense
	is an aggravated sexual assault and if at the time of that offense
	the defendant is 18 years of age or older and:
	(A)  the victim of the offense is younger than six
	years of age;
	(B)  the victim of the offense is younger than 14
	years of age and the actor commits the offense in a manner described
	by Section 22.021(a)(2)(A); or
	(C)  the victim of the offense is younger than 17
	years of age and suffered serious bodily injury as a result of the
	offense; [or]
	(2)  life or for any term of not more than 99 years or
	less than 30 years if the most serious offense is an offense under
	Section 20.06 that is punishable under Subsection (g) of that
	section; or
	(3)  life or for any term of not more than 99 years or
	less than 15 years if the most serious offense is an offense
	punishable as a felony of the first degree, other than an offense
	described by Subdivision (1) or (2).
	SECTION 17.  The change in law made by this Act to Section 4,
	Article 18.20, Code of Criminal Procedure, applies only to an
	application for an interception order filed on or after the
	effective date of this Act. An application for an interception
	order filed before the effective date of this Act is governed by the
	law in effect on the date the application was filed, and the former
	law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 18.  The Department of Public Safety shall adopt
	rules required under Section 411.054(b), Government Code, as added
	by this Act, not later than December 31, 2015.
	SECTION 19.  As soon as possible after the effective date of
	this Act, but not later than September 1, 2015, the appointing
	officials described by Section 411.432, Government Code, as added
	by this Act, shall appoint the members of the State Law Enforcement
	Operations Oversight Committee established under that section.  The
	speaker of the house of representatives shall make the first
	appointment to chair the committee as provided by that section.
	SECTION 20.  The changes in law made by this Act to Sections
	20.05 and 71.02, Penal Code, apply only to an offense committed on
	or after the effective date of this Act. An offense committed before
	the effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on
	the date the offense was committed, and the former law is continued
	in effect for that purpose. For purposes of this section, an offense
	was committed before the effective date of this Act if any element
	of the offense occurred before that date.
	SECTION 21.  To the extent of any conflict, this Act prevails
	over another Act of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015,
	relating to nonsubstantive additions to and corrections in enacted
	codes.
	SECTION 22.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.