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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding |
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criminal street gangs and gang-related crime. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 421.082, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows: |
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(e) The center shall annually submit to the governor and the |
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legislature a report regarding criminal street gangs and |
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gang-related crime. The report must include: |
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(1) an evaluation of the threat that criminal street |
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gangs and gang-related crime pose to the infrastructure of the |
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state; and |
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(2) recommendations on actions that may be taken to: |
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(A) prevent criminal street gangs from |
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committing human trafficking offenses; |
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(B) reduce criminal street gang violence; |
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(C) prevent the growth and proliferation of |
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criminal street gangs; and |
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(D) ensure that law enforcement personnel |
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receive the necessary training and education to effectively deal |
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with the problems created by criminal street gangs and gang-related |
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crime. |
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(f) On request, the office of the attorney general, the |
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Department of Public Safety, the Texas Violent Gang Task Force, the |
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Gang Resource System, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and |
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state criminal justice and juvenile justice agencies shall provide |
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information relating to criminal street gangs and gang-related |
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crime to the center. |
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(g) As soon as possible after submitting the annual report |
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as required by Subsection (e), the center shall publish the report |
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on the center's Internet website. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2010, the Texas |
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Fusion Center shall submit the first annual report regarding |
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criminal street gangs and gang-related crime as required by Section |
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421.082(e), Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. 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, 2009. |