S.B. No. 379
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the duties of the Texas Fusion Center, including an
  annual report by the center regarding criminal street gangs.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 421.082, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:
         (e)  The gang section of the center shall annually submit to
  the governor and the legislature a report assessing the threat
  posed statewide by criminal street gangs. The report must include
  identification of:
               (1)  law enforcement strategies that have been proven
  effective in deterring gang-related crime; and
               (2)  gang involvement in trafficking of persons.
         (f)  On request, the office of the attorney general, the
  Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Criminal
  Justice, other law enforcement agencies, and juvenile justice
  agencies of this state shall provide to the gang section of the
  center information relating to criminal street gangs, gang-related
  crime, and gang involvement in trafficking of persons.
         (g)  Any information received by the center under this
  section that is stored, combined with other information, analyzed,
  or disseminated is subject to the rules governing criminal
  intelligence in 28 C.F.R. Part 23.
         SECTION 2.  The gang section of the Texas Fusion Center shall
  submit the first annual report regarding criminal street gangs to
  the governor and the legislature as required by Subsection (e),
  Section 421.082, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later
  than September 1, 2010.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
 
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 379 passed the Senate on
  April 23, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays 0;
  May 30, 2009, Senate refused to concur in House amendment and
  requested appointment of Conference Committee; May 30, 2009, House
  granted request of the Senate; May 31, 2009, Senate adopted
  Conference Committee Report by the following vote:  Yeas 31,
  Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 379 passed the House, with
  amendment, on May 25, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144,
  Nays 0, one present not voting; May 30, 2009, House granted request
  of the Senate for appointment of Conference Committee;
  May 31, 2009, House adopted Conference Committee Report by the
  following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 0, two present not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
             Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor