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	Amend CSHB 13 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the 
bill accordingly:
	 SECTION ____.  Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, 
is amended by adding Section 402.031 to read as follows:
	Sec. 402.031.  HOMELAND SECURITY LAW ENFORCEMENT INTEGRITY 
UNIT.  (a)  In this section, "law enforcement corruption" means the 
commission of an offense in this state by an individual elected, 
appointed, or employed to serve as a peace officer for a 
governmental entity of this state under Article 2.12, Code of 
Criminal Procedure, or by a federal law enforcement officer 
performing duties in this state, under:
		(1)  Section 15.02, Penal Code, or an analogous federal 
criminal law, if the object of the conspiracy involves the 
manufacture or delivery of a controlled substance as described by 
Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code, or an analogous federal 
criminal law; or
		(2)  Section 71.02, Penal Code, or an analogous federal 
criminal law.
	(b)  The homeland security law enforcement integrity unit is 
created within the office of the attorney general to assist in the 
enforcement of laws relating to law enforcement corruption in law 
enforcement units that protect the state's homeland security and 
border security.  The unit shall serve as a clearinghouse for 
information relating to the investigation and prosecution of law 
enforcement corruption in this state.
	(c)  The homeland security law enforcement integrity unit 
may:        
		(1)  assist district attorneys and county attorneys in 
the investigation and prosecution of law enforcement corruption;
		(2)  assist state agencies with the investigation of 
complaints and administrative enforcement actions involving law 
enforcement corruption, including the assessment of an 
administrative penalty or other administrative sanction that may be 
imposed in response to law enforcement corruption;
		(3)  assist the United States Department of Justice or 
any other appropriate federal department or agency in the 
investigation and prosecution of law enforcement corruption;
		(4)  assist federal agencies with the investigation of 
complaints and administrative enforcement actions involving law 
enforcement corruption, including the assessment of an 
administrative penalty or other administrative sanction that may be 
imposed in response to law enforcement corruption; and
		(5)  monitor the use of grants and other funds 
allocated under Section 421.072.
	(d)  To the extent allowed by law, a state agency or local law 
enforcement agency shall cooperate with the homeland security law 
enforcement integrity unit by providing information requested by 
the unit as necessary to carry out the purposes of this section.  
Information disclosed under this subsection is confidential and not 
subject to disclosure under Chapter 552.
	SECTION ____.  Not later than December 1, 2007, the attorney 
general shall establish the law enforcement integrity unit under 
Section 402.031, Government Code, as added by this Act.