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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 Border Security Council |
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regarding 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 421.0025, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsections (g) and (h) to read as follows: |
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(g) The Border Security Council 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 be approved by a majority of the council |
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members and 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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(h) 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 Fusion Center, criminal justice |
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agencies, and juvenile justice agencies shall provide information |
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relating to criminal street gangs and gang-related crime to the |
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Border Security Council. |
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SECTION 2. The Border Security Council shall submit the |
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first annual report regarding criminal street gangs and |
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gang-related crime to the governor as required by Section |
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421.0025(g), Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than |
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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. |