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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 (d) and (e) to read as follows: |
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(d) The Texas Fusion Center shall annually submit to the |
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governor a report regarding criminal street gangs and gang-related |
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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, each county, and each municipality with a population of more |
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than 100,000; 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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(e) 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, criminal justice agencies, and juvenile |
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justice agencies shall provide information relating to criminal |
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street gangs and gang-related crime to the Texas Fusion Center. |
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(f) The center shall perform its duties under circumstances |
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prescribed by and as directed by the governor's homeland security |
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strategy. |
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SECTION 2. The Texas Fusion Center shall submit the first |
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annual report regarding criminal street gangs and gang-related |
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crime to the governor as required by Section 421.082(d), Government |
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Code, as added by this Act, not later than September 1, 2010. |
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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. |