{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-72.03","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 72.03","heading":"ACQUISITION OF INTEREST IN PROPERTY OR CONTROL OF ENTERPRISE THROUGH RACKETEERING OR UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person, knowingly through a pattern of racketeering or through the collection of an unlawful debt, acquires or maintains, directly or indirectly, any interest in or control of any enterprise or real property.\n(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.\n(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 4635), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 11. ORGANIZED CRIME","CHAPTER 72. RACKETEERING AND UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.72.htm#72.03","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"c96e602199fcd8d627f571aa7a214d688d8c4cacf868e73ea36547d93367b63c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-72.02","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-72.04"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}