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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an appropriation to the Department of Public Safety for |
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the purpose of administering and supporting certain databases and |
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clearinghouses related to missing persons and children. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. (a) In addition to other amounts appropriated to |
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the Department of Public Safety for all or part of the state fiscal |
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biennium ending August 31, 2009, the amount of $1.25 million is |
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appropriated out of the general revenue fund to the Department of |
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Public Safety for the state fiscal year ending August 31, 2008, and |
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the amount of $1.25 million is appropriated out of the general |
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revenue fund to the Department of Public Safety for the state fiscal |
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year ending August 31, 2009, for the purpose of administering and |
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supporting: |
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(1) the University of North Texas Health Science |
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Center at Fort Worth Missing Persons DNA Database established under |
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Subchapter B, Chapter 63, Code of Criminal Procedure; and |
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(2) the missing children and missing persons |
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information clearinghouse established within the department under |
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Subchapter A, Chapter 63, Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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(b) Of the amount appropriated under Subsection (a) of this |
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section for each state fiscal year: |
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(1) $825,000 may be used by the Department of Public |
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Safety only to make payments under an interagency contract with the |
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University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth for |
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use by the health science center to administer the database |
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described by Subsection (a)(1) of this section; and |
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(2) the remaining $425,000 may be used by the |
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department only to: |
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(A) pay department expenses associated with the |
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database described by Subsection (a)(1) of this section; and |
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(B) administer the clearinghouse described by |
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Subsection (a)(2) of this section. |
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(c) In addition to the number of full-time equivalent |
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employees (FTEs) the Department of Public Safety is authorized by |
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other law to employ during the following periods, the department |
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may employ: |
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(1) an additional five FTEs during the state fiscal |
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year ending August 31, 2008; and |
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(2) an additional five FTEs during the state fiscal |
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year ending August 31, 2009. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |