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PENAL CODE
CHAPTER 20A. TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS
Sec. 20A.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Forced labor or services" means labor or services that are
performed or provided by another person and obtained through an
actor's:
(A) threatening to cause bodily injury to another;
(B) restraining another in a manner described by Section 20.01(1);
or
(C) withholding from another the person's:
(i) government records;
(ii) identifying information; or
(iii) personal property.
(2) "Traffic" means to transport another person or to entice, recruit,
harbor, provide, or otherwise obtain another person for transport by
deception, coercion, or force.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 641, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Sec. 20A.02. TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS. (a) A person commits an
offense if the person knowingly traffics another person with the
intent that the trafficked person engage in:
(1) forced labor or services; or
(2) conduct that constitutes an offense under Chapter 43.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an offense
under this section is a felony of the second degree. An offense under
this section is a felony of the first degree if:
(1) the offense is committed under Subsection (a)(2) and the person
who is trafficked is younger than 14 years of age at the time of the
offense; or
(2) the commission of the offense results in the death of the person
who is trafficked.
(c) 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.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 641, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1,
CHAPTER 20A. TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS
Sec. 20A.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Forced labor or services" means labor or services that are
performed or provided by another person and obtained through an
actor's:
(A) threatening to cause bodily injury to another;
(B) restraining another in a manner described by Section 20.01(1);
or
(C) withholding from another the person's:
(i) government records;
(ii) identifying information; or
(iii) personal property.
(2) "Traffic" means to transport another person or to entice, recruit,
harbor, provide, or otherwise obtain another person for transport by
deception, coercion, or force.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 641, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Sec. 20A.02. TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS. (a) A person commits an
offense if the person knowingly traffics another person with the
intent that the trafficked person engage in:
(1) forced labor or services; or
(2) conduct that constitutes an offense under Chapter 43.
(b) Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, an offense
under this section is a felony of the second degree. An offense under
this section is a felony of the first degree if:
(1) the offense is committed under Subsection (a)(2) and the person
who is trafficked is younger than 14 years of age at the time of the
offense; or
(2) the commission of the offense results in the death of the person
who is trafficked.
(c) 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.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 641, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1,