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SENATE RESOLUTION
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BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st |
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Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That Senate Rule 12.03 be |
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suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the |
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conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on |
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Senate Bill No. 379, relating to an annual report by the Texas |
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Fusion Center regarding criminal street gangs and gang-related |
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crime, to consider and take action on the following matter: |
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(1) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION |
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1 of the bill, in added Subsection (e), Section 421.082, |
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Government Code, and in SECTION 2 of the bill, so that they read |
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as follows: |
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(e) The gang section of the center shall annually submit |
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to the governor and the legislature a report assessing the threat |
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posed statewide by criminal street gangs. The report must |
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include identification of: |
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(1) law enforcement strategies that have been |
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proven effective in deterring gang-related crime; and |
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(2) gang involvement in trafficking of persons. |
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SECTION 2. The gang section of the Texas Fusion Center |
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shall submit the first annual report required by Subsection (e), |
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Section 421.082, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later |
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than September 1, 2010. |
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Explanation: This change is necessary to require the gang |
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section of the Texas Fusion Center to produce the report and to |
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ensure that certain matters are included in the report. |
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(2) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION |
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1 of the bill, in added Subsection (f), Section 421.082, |
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Government Code, so that it reads as follows: |
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(f) On request, the office of the attorney general, the |
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Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice, other law enforcement agencies, and juvenile justice |
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agencies of this state shall provide to the gang section of the |
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center information relating to criminal street gangs, |
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gang-related crime, and gang involvement in trafficking of |
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persons. |
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Explanation: This change is necessary to require certain |
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law enforcement agencies to comply with a request from the Texas |
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Fusion Center to provide information relating to criminal street |
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gangs, gang-related crime, and gang involvement in trafficking |
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of persons. |
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(3) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the |
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committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1 |
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of the bill, by omitting added Subsection (g), Section 421.082, |
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Government Code. |
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Explanation: The omission is necessary to remove a |
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restriction on the information that may be included in the |
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report. |
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_______________________________ |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on May 31, 2009. |
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Secretary of the Senate |