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AN ACT
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relating to the assistance of the Texas Rangers in the |
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investigation of certain sex offenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is |
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amended by adding Article 2.022 to read as follows: |
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Art. 2.022. ASSISTANCE OF TEXAS RANGERS. (a) The attorney |
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representing the state may request the Texas Rangers division of |
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the Department of Public Safety to provide assistance to a local law |
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enforcement agency investigating an offense that: |
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(1) is alleged to have been committed by an elected |
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officer of the political subdivision served by the local law |
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enforcement agency; and |
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(2) on conviction or adjudication, would subject the |
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elected officer to registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62. |
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(b) For purposes of this article, "assistance" includes |
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investigative, technical, and administrative assistance. |
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SECTION 2. 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 certify that H.B. No. 2130 was passed by the House on April |
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30, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2130 was passed by the Senate on May |
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22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |