The punishment prescribed for an offense is increased to the punishment prescribed for the next highest category of offense if the actor is 17 years of age or older and it is shown beyond a reasonable doubt on the trial of the offense that the actor committed the offense at a location that was: in, on, or within 1,000 feet of any: real property that is owned, rented, or leased by a school or school board; premises owned, rented, or leased by an institution of higher education; premises of a public or private youth center; or playground; in, on, or within 300 feet of any: shopping mall; movie theater; premises of a public swimming pool; or premises of a video arcade facility; or on a school bus.

The punishment for an offense may not be increased under this section if the offense is punishable as a felony of the first degree.

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A person commits an offense if the person knowingly initiates, organizes, plans, finances, directs, manages, or supervises a criminal street gang or members of a criminal street gang with the intent to benefit, promote, or further the interests of the criminal street gang or to increase the person’s standing, position, or status in the criminal street gang.

An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree.

“Criminal street gang” means: an organization that: has more than 10 members whose names are included in an intelligence database; has a hierarchical structure that has been documented in an intelligence database; engages in profit-sharing among two or more members of the organization; and in one or more regions of this state served by different regional councils of government, continuously or regularly engages in conduct: that constitutes an offense; in which it is alleged that a deadly weapon is used or exhibited during the commission of or immediate flight from the commission of any felony offense; or that is punishable as a felony of the first or second degree; or an organization that, in collaboration with an organization, engages in conduct or commits an offense or conspires to engage in conduct or commit an offense.

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A person commits an offense if the person knowingly causes, enables, encourages, recruits, or solicits another person to become a member of a criminal street gang which, as a condition of initiation, admission, membership, or continued membership, requires the commission of any conduct which constitutes an offense punishable as a Class A misdemeanor or a felony.

A person commits an offense if, with intent to coerce, induce, or solicit a child to actively participate in the activities of a criminal street gang, the person: threatens the child or a member of the child’s family with imminent bodily injury; or causes bodily injury to the child or a member of the child’s family.

An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.

A second or subsequent offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.

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As large-scale cartels continue building more sophisticated empires, officials are launching counteroffensives by more frequently breaking into the phone calls of operatives and using those conversations to learn who the kingpins and ring members are, according to records and interviews.

“ It’s not a novelty anymore,” said Austin police Cmdr. Chris Noble, who supervises the department’s organized crime division and works closely with agents to obtain federal wiretaps.

Federal and local authorities are reluctant to talk about how often they rely on wire­

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