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Senate Bill 379 |
Senate Author: Carona |
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Effective: 6-19-09 |
House Sponsor: Guillen |
Senate Bill 379 amends the Government Code to require the gang section of the Texas Fusion Center to annually submit a report assessing the threat posed statewide by criminal street gangs that identifies strategies effective in deterring gang-related crime and gang involvement in human trafficking. The bill requires the attorney general, the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, other law enforcement agencies, and juvenile justice agencies to provide, on request, certain information to the gang section. The bill makes federal rules governing criminal intelligence systems applicable to certain information received by the Texas Fusion Center. The first annual report regarding criminal street gangs must be submitted to the governor and the legislature not later than September 1, 2010.