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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of the organized crime and criminal |
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activity division within the office of the attorney general. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 402.038 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 402.038. ORGANIZED CRIME AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY |
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DIVISION. (a) The office of the attorney general shall establish |
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an organized crime and criminal activity division. |
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(b) To address matters related to border security and |
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organized crime, the organized crime and criminal activity division |
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shall: |
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(1) establish within the office a prosecution unit to |
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provide critical assistance to local prosecutors; |
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(2) establish within the office a trafficking of |
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persons unit to: |
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(A) assist local law enforcement agencies and |
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local prosecutors in investigating and prosecuting trafficking of |
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persons and related crimes; and |
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(B) work with the appropriate local and state |
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agencies to identify victims of trafficking of persons and provide |
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comprehensive services to address the needs of those victims; and |
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(3) develop initiatives to provide greater state |
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assistance, support, and coordination among state law enforcement |
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agencies, local law enforcement agencies, and local prosecutors. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2015, the office of |
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the attorney general shall establish the organized crime and |
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criminal activity division as required by Section 402.038, |
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Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |