80R8237 CAE-D
 
  By: Farabee H.B. No. 1968
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the authority of a regional council of government to
establish and operate a multicounty drug task force.
       BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
       SECTION 1.  Section 362.001, Local Government Code, is
amended by adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows:
             (4)  "Regional council of government" means a regional
planning commission or similar regional planning agency created
under Chapter 391, Local Government Code.
       SECTION 2.  Section 362.004(a), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
       (a)  A multicounty drug task force is composed of law
enforcement agencies located in two or more counties in this state.
A multicounty drug task force may be established and operated by a
regional council of government or [only after] the Department of
Public Safety. Before a multicounty drug task force may be
established, the regional council of government or the Department
of Public Safety must confirm [confirms]:
             (1)  a strategic need for the task force; and
             (2)  the composition of the task force.
       SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.