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