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1999 SESSION

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SB 762 Gang activity.

Introduced by: William C. Mims | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS PASSED SENATE: (all summaries)

Gang activity. Defines “criminal street gang”, “gang member” and “predicate criminal act”. The bill makes commission of a predicate crime committed as part of street gang activity a Class 6 felony if the predicate crime is a misdemeanor and a Class 4 felony if the predicate crime is a felony. The bill also punishes recruitment of a juvenile into a street gang as a Class 1 misdemeanor, or a Class 6 felony for a second offense, and punishes enlistment of juveniles to trade in drugs or stolen property by a 10- to 50-year sentence with a $100,000 fine, five years of the imprisonment to be mandatory.


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