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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the cost of replacing a law enforcement officer during |
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training on enforcement of immigration laws. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 772.006(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) The governor shall establish a criminal justice |
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division in the governor's office to: |
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(1) advise and assist the governor in developing |
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policies, plans, programs, and proposed legislation for improving |
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the coordination, administration, and effectiveness of the |
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criminal justice system; |
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(2) administer the criminal justice planning fund; |
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(3) prepare a state comprehensive criminal justice |
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plan, to update the plan annually based on an analysis of the |
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state's criminal justice problems and needs, and to encourage |
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identical or substantially similar local and regional |
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comprehensive criminal justice planning efforts; |
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(4) establish goals, priorities, and standards for |
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programs and projects to improve the administration of justice and |
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the efficiency of law enforcement, the judicial system, |
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prosecution, criminal defense, and adult and juvenile corrections |
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and rehabilitation; |
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(5) award grants to state agencies, units of local |
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government, school districts, and private, nonprofit corporations |
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from the criminal justice planning fund for programs and projects |
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on consideration of the goals, priorities, and standards |
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recommended by the Criminal Justice Policy Council; |
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(6) apply for, obtain, and allocate for the purposes |
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of this section any federal or other funds which may be made |
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available for programs and projects that address the goals, |
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priorities, and standards established in local and regional |
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comprehensive criminal justice planning efforts or assist those |
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efforts; |
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(7) administer the funds provided by this section in |
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such a manner as to ensure that grants received under this section |
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do not supplant state or local funds; |
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(8) monitor and evaluate programs and projects funded |
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under this section, cooperate with and render technical assistance |
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to state agencies and local governments seeking to reduce crime or |
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enhance the performance and operation of the criminal justice |
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system, and collect from any state or local government entity |
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information, data, statistics, or other material necessary to carry |
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out the purposes of this section; |
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(9) submit a biennial report to the legislature |
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reporting the division's activities during the preceding biennium |
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including the comprehensive state criminal justice plans and other |
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studies, evaluations, crime data analyses, reports, or proposed |
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legislation that the governor determines appropriate or the |
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legislature requests; [and] |
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(10) pay, on application by a unit of local |
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government, the cost incurred to replace a law enforcement officer |
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during the period that the law enforcement officer is receiving |
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training by the federal Immigration and Customs Enforcement Agency, |
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or its successor agency, on the enforcement of federal immigration |
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law; and |
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(11) perform other duties as necessary to carry out |
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the duties listed in this subsection and adopt rules and procedures |
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as necessary. |
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SECTION 2. The changes in law made by this Act to Section |
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772.006(a), Government Code, apply only to training that occurs on |
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or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |