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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 communities in this state that |
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are at or near the international border between this state and the |
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United Mexican States; |
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(2) an evaluation of the threat that criminal street |
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gangs and gang-related crime occurring at or near the border pose to |
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other areas of this state; |
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(3) identification of any law enforcement strategies |
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in this state or another jurisdiction that have been effective in |
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preventing the growth or proliferation of criminal street gangs or |
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gang-related crime; and |
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(4) 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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throughout this state, with specific recommendations concerning |
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reduction of criminal street gang violence at or near the border; |
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(C) prevent the growth or proliferation of |
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criminal street gangs throughout this state, with specific |
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recommendations concerning prevention of the growth or |
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proliferation of criminal street gangs at or near the border; 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, a criminal justice or juvenile justice |
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agency of this state shall provide to the center information |
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relating to criminal street gangs and gang-related crime. |
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(g) The report required under Subsection (e) may not contain |
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any information that: |
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(1) is considered sensitive intelligence information |
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by the agency that provided the information; or |
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(2) could jeopardize an ongoing investigation being |
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conducted by the agency that provided the information. |
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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 and the legislature as required by Subsection |
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(e), Section 421.082, Government Code, as added by this Act, not |
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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. |