88R13385 LRM-F
 
  By: Guillen H.B. No. 3782
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to establishing the Border Security Advisory Council.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B-1, Chapter 421, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 421.0425 to read as follows:
         Sec. 421.0425.  BORDER SECURITY ADVISORY COUNCIL. (a) The
  Border Security Advisory Council is a permanent special advisory
  committee created to advise the governor or the governor's designee
  on homeland security issues impacting the security of the
  Texas-Mexico border and on streamlining statewide border security
  activities and initiatives.
         (b)  The council is composed of:
               (1)  the executive head of or a designee from each of
  the following:
                     (A)  Department of Public Safety;
                     (B)  Texas Military Department;
                     (C)  Texas Division of Emergency Management;
                     (D)  Parks and Wildlife Department;
                     (E)  Texas Department of Criminal Justice; and
                     (F)  Office of Court Administration of the Texas
  Judicial System; and
               (2)  other members as determined by the governor or the
  governor's designee.
         (c)  The council shall advise on:
               (1)  coordinating agency goals and responsibilities
  for border security efforts;
               (2)  developing procedures for streamlining agency
  decision-making; and
               (3)  improving transparency of border security
  operations.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.