85R4316 LHC-D     By: Bohac H.B. No. 731       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to creating the offense of intimidation by a member of a   criminal street gang.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 71, Penal Code, is amended by adding   Section 71.024 to read as follows:          Sec. 71.024.  INTIMIDATION BY GANG MEMBER. (a) A person   commits an offense if the person:                (1)  is a member of a criminal street gang; and                (2)  with the intent to cause another person to perform   or to omit the performance of any act, communicates to the other   person, directly or indirectly, by any means, a threat to:                      (A)  inflict bodily injury on the person   threatened or any other person;                      (B)  damage or destroy property;                       (C)  subject any person to physical confinement or   restraint; or                      (D)  commit an offense punishable as a Class A   misdemeanor or any higher category of offense.          (b)  An offense under this section is a felony of the third   degree.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.