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Amend CSHB 13 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
In SECTION 6 of the bill strike proposed section 421.003,
Government Code (page 5, lines 43-58), and substitute the
following:
Section 421.003, Government Code, subsection (a), CRIMINAL
INTELLIGENCE INFORMATION; DATABASE MAINTENANCE. (a) The Department
of Public Safety of the State of Texas is[:
[(1) the repository in this state for the collection
of multijurisdictional criminal intelligence information that is
about terrorist activities or otherwise related to homeland
security activities; and
[(2)] the state agency that has primary responsibility
to analyze and disseminate multijurisdictional criminal
intelligence information that is about terrorist activities or
otherwise related to homeland security activities [that
information]. An agency, other than an agency as defined by Section
2.12, 1-4 of the Code of Criminal Procedures, must obtain the
approval of the department before the agency may analyze or
disseminate information described by this subsection. An agency
other than the department may use information described by this
subsection only for a law enforcement or public safety purpose.