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AN ACT
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relating to the name of the statewide alert system for certain |
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missing adults. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act honors the victims of violence whose |
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lives and stories led to the passage into law of the CLEAR Alert for |
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Missing Adults: Cayley Mandadi, D'Lisa Kelley, Erin Castro, Ashanti |
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Billie, and the rest. |
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SECTION 2. The heading to Subchapter Q, Chapter 411, |
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Government Code, as added by Chapter 227 (H.B. 1769), Acts of the |
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86th Legislature, Regular Session, 2019, is amended to read as |
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follows: |
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SUBCHAPTER Q. COORDINATED LAW ENFORCEMENT ADULT RESCUE (CLEAR) |
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ALERT FOR MISSING ADULTS |
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SECTION 3. Section 411.461(2), Government Code, as added by |
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Chapter 227 (H.B. 1769), Acts of the 86th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2019, is amended to read as follows: |
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(2) "Alert" means the statewide Coordinated Law |
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Enforcement Adult Rescue (CLEAR) alert for missing adults that is |
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developed and implemented under this subchapter. |
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SECTION 4. The heading to Section 411.462, Government Code, |
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as added by Chapter 227 (H.B. 1769), Acts of the 86th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2019, is amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.462. COORDINATED LAW ENFORCEMENT ADULT RESCUE |
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(CLEAR) ALERT FOR MISSING ADULTS. |
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SECTION 5. 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, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2677 was passed by the House on April |
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7, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2677 was passed by the Senate on April |
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29, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |