By: Flores S.R. No. 700     SENATE RESOLUTION          BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th   Legislature, Regular Session, 2023, That Senate Rule 12.03 be   suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the   conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on   House Bill 4635 (organized crime, racketeering activities, and   collection of unlawful debts) to consider and take action on the   following matter:          Senate Rules 12.03(1), (2), and (3) are suspended to   permit the committee to change, alter, or amend text not in   disagreement by adding text on a matter not in disagreement and   omitting text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 6 of the   bill, so that the text of added Section 72.01(7), Penal Code,   reads as follows:                (7)  "Unlawful debt" means any money or other thing   of value constituting principal or interest of a debt that is   wholly or partly legally unenforceable in this state because the   debt was incurred or contracted:                      (A)  in violation of:                            (i)  the Texas Racing Act (Subtitle A-1,   Title 13, Occupations Code, and Article 179e, Revised Civil   Statutes);                            (ii)  Subtitle A, Title 4, Finance Code,   or Section 11, Article XVI, Texas Constitution, relating to   interest and usury, if the usurious rate is at least twice the   enforceable rate; or                            (iii)  Chapter 47, relating to gambling;   or                      (B)  in gambling activity in violation of   federal law or in the business of lending money at a rate usurious   under state law if the usurious rate is at least twice the   enforceable rate.          Explanation: The change is necessary to provide the scope   of a usurious rate for purposes of the definition of "unlawful   debt" and make a nonsubstantive change to a citation.             _______________________________          President of the Senate                I hereby certify that the     above Resolution was adopted by     the Senate on May 28, 2023, by a     viva-voce vote.                 _______________________________          Secretary of the Senate