Tex.
Penal Code Section 20A.03
Continuous Trafficking of Persons
(a)
A person commits an offense if, during a period that is 30 or more days in duration, the person engages two or more times in conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons) against one or more victims.(b)
If a jury is the trier of fact, members of the jury are not required to agree unanimously on which specific conduct engaged in by the defendant constituted an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons) or on which exact date the defendant engaged in that conduct. The jury must agree unanimously that the defendant, during a period that is 30 or more days in duration, engaged in conduct that constituted an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons).(c)
If the victim of an offense under Subsection (a) is the same victim as a victim of an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons), a defendant may not be convicted of the offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons) in the same criminal action as the offense under Subsection (a), unless the offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons):(1)
is charged in the alternative;(2)
occurred outside the period in which the offense alleged under Subsection (a) was committed; or(3)
is considered by the trier of fact to be a lesser included offense of the offense alleged under Subsection (a).(d)
A defendant may not be charged with more than one count under Subsection (a) if all of the conduct that constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02 (Trafficking of Persons) is alleged to have been committed against the same victim.(e)
An offense under this section is a felony of the first degree, punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for life or for any term of not more than 99 years or less than 25 years.
Source:
Section 20A.03 — Continuous Trafficking of Persons, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.20A.htm#20A.03 (accessed Apr. 29, 2024).
