Texas Penal Code - Section 34.01. Definitions
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§ 34.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Criminal activity" means any offense, including
any preparatory offense, that is:
(A) classified as a felony under the laws of this
state or the United States; or
(B) punishable by confinement for more than one
year under the laws of another state.
(2) "Funds" includes:
(A) coin or paper money of the United States or
any other country that is designated as legal tender and that
circulates and is customarily used and accepted as a medium of
exchange in the country of issue;
(B) United States silver certificates, United
States Treasury notes, and Federal Reserve System notes;
(C) an official foreign bank note that is
customarily used and accepted as a medium of exchange in a foreign
country and a foreign bank draft; and
(D) currency or its equivalent, including an
electronic fund, personal check, bank check, traveler's check,
money order, bearer negotiable instrument, bearer investment
security, bearer security, or certificate of stock in a form that
allows title to pass on delivery.
(3) "Financial institution" has the meaning assigned
by Section 32.01.
(4) "Proceeds" means funds acquired or derived
directly or indirectly from, produced through, or realized through
an act.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 761, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1162, § 1, eff. Sept. 1,
2005.
Section: 32.52 33.01 33.02 33.021 33.03 33.04 33.05 34.01 34.02 34.021 34.03 35.01 35.015 35.02 35.025
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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