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Amend CSHB 13 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 4 of the bill and substitute the
following:
SECTION 4. Subchapter A, Chapter 421, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 421.0025 to read as follows:
Sec. 421.0025. HOMELAND AND BORDER SECURITY COUNCIL. (a)
In this section, "council" means the Homeland and Border Security
Council.
(b) The Homeland and Border Security Council consists of:
(1) the public safety director of the Department of
Public Safety of the State of Texas or a representative of the
department appointed by the public safety director;
(2) the executive director of the Texas Border
Sheriffs' Coalition or a representative of the coalition appointed
by the executive director;
(3) the president of the County Judges and
Commissioners Association of Texas or a representative of the
association appointed by the president;
(4) the president of the Texas Police Chiefs
Association or a representative of the association appointed by the
president; and
(5) three additional members appointed by the governor
who are residents of the Texas-Mexico border region, as defined by
Section 2056.002, including one member who is an active member of
law enforcement.
(c) The council shall develop and implement performance
standards, reporting requirements, audit methods, and other
procedures to ensure that funds allocated by the office of the
governor for purposes related to homeland security and border
security are used properly and that the recipients of the funds are
accountable for the proper use of the funds.
(d) The council shall direct the allocation of funds by the
office of the governor for purposes related to homeland security
and border security. Decisions relating to the allocation of those
funds must be made by a majority of the members of the council.
(e) The public safety director of the Department of Public
Safety of the State of Texas is the chair of the council. The chair
shall arrange meetings of the council at times determined by the
members of the council.
(f) The actions and plans of the council are subject to the
requirements of Chapters 551 and 552 to the same extent as similar
actions and plans of the Department of Public Safety of the State of
Texas.
(g) Notwithstanding Chapter 551, the council may hold an
open or closed meeting by telephone conference call. The meeting is
subject to the notice requirements applicable to other meetings.
The notice of the meeting must specify as the location of the
meeting the location where meetings of the council are usually
held. Each part of the meeting that is required to be open to the
public shall be audible to the public at the location specified in
the notice of the meeting as the location of the meeting and shall
be tape-recorded. The tape recording shall be made available to the
public.
(h) Service on the council by a state officer or employee or
by an officer or employee of a local government is an additional
duty of the member's office or employment.
(2) On page 10, lines 17-18, strike "State Office of
Homeland Security, with the advice of the Border Security Council,
[office of the governor]" and substitute "office of the governor,
at the direction of the Homeland and Border Security Council,".
(3) Strike SECTION 15 of the bill and substitute the
following:
SECTION 15. The House Committee on Defense Affairs and
State-Federal Relations may conduct a study to determine whether it
would enhance efficiency in the implementation of homeland security
and border security measures in this state for this state or for
certain political subdivisions of this state to seek one or more
agreements under Section 287(g), Immigration and Nationality Act (8
U.S.C. Section 1357(g)).