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By: Lucio |
S.B. No. 1464 |
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(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2015; March 19, 2015, read |
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first time and referred to Subcommittee on Border Security; |
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April 14, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable Committee |
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Substitute to Committee on Veteran Affairs and Military |
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Installations; April 20, 2015, reported adversely, with favorable |
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Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; |
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April 20, 2015, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1464 |
By: Lucio |
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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 transnational and organized crime |
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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. TRANSNATIONAL AND ORGANIZED CRIME DIVISION. |
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(a) The office of the attorney general shall establish a |
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transnational and organized crime division. |
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(b) To address matters related to border security and |
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organized crime, the transnational and organized crime division |
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shall: |
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(1) establish within the division a prosecution unit |
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to provide critical assistance to local prosecutors; |
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(2) using existing funds, establish within the |
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division a trafficking of 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 to |
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provide the types of assistance available for those victims under |
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Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure; 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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(c) Assistance provided by the division under this section |
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may include the assistance authorized under Section 402.028. |
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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 transnational and |
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organized crime division as required by Section 402.038, Government |
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Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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