Texas Penal Code 20A.01 – Definitions
Terms Used In Texas Penal Code 20A.01
- Actor: means a person whose criminal responsibility is in issue in a criminal action. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
- Another: means a person other than the actor. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
- Coercion: means a threat, however communicated:
(A) to commit an offense;
(B) to inflict bodily injury in the future on the person threatened or another;
(C) to accuse a person of any offense;
(D) to expose a person to hatred, contempt, or ridicule;
(E) to harm the credit or business repute of any person; or
(F) to take or withhold action as a public servant, or to cause a public servant to take or withhold action. See Texas Penal Code 1.07 - Conduct: means an act or omission and its accompanying mental state. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
- Consent: means assent in fact, whether express or apparent. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
- Controlled substance: has the meaning assigned by § 481. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
- Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
- Government: means :
(A) the state;
(B) a county, municipality, or political subdivision of the state; or
(C) any branch or agency of the state, a county, municipality, or political subdivision. See Texas Penal Code 1.07 - Person: means an individual or a corporation, association, limited liability company, or other entity or organization governed by the Business Organizations Code. See Texas Penal Code 1.07
In this chapter:
(1) “Child” means a person younger than 18 years of age.
(1-a) “Coercion” as defined by § 1.07 includes:
(A) destroying, concealing, confiscating, or withholding from a trafficked person, or threatening to destroy, conceal, confiscate, or withhold from a trafficked person, the person’s actual or purported:
(i) government records; or
(ii) identifying information or documents;
(B) causing a trafficked person, without the person’s consent, to become intoxicated, as defined by § 49.01, to a degree that impairs the person’s ability to appraise the nature of or resist engaging in any conduct, including performing or providing labor or services; or
(C) withholding alcohol or a controlled substance to a degree that impairs the ability of a trafficked person with a chemical dependency, as defined by § 462.001, Health and Safety Code, to appraise the nature of or resist engaging in any conduct, including performing or providing labor or services.
(1-b) “Disabled individual” has the meaning assigned by § 22.021(b).
(2) “Forced labor or services” means labor or services, other than labor or services that constitute sexual conduct, that are performed or provided by another person and obtained through an actor‘s use of force, fraud, or coercion.
(2-a) “Premises” has the meaning assigned by § 481.134, Health and Safety Code.
(2-b) “School” means a public or private primary or secondary school.
(3) “Sexual conduct” has the meaning assigned by § 43.25.
(4) “Traffic” means to transport, entice, recruit, harbor, provide, or otherwise obtain another person by any means.