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R E S O L U T I O N
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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 Senate |
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Bill 379, relating to an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center |
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regarding criminal street gangs and gang-related crime, to consider |
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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 1 |
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of the bill, in added Section 421.082(e), Government Code, and in |
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SECTION 2 of the bill, so that they read as follows: |
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(e) The gang section of the center shall annually submit to |
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the governor and the legislature a report assessing the threat |
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posed statewide by criminal street gangs. The report must include |
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identification of: |
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(1) law enforcement strategies that have been proven |
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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 shall |
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submit the first annual report required by Subsection (e), Section |
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421.082, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than |
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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 1 |
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of the bill, in added Section 421.082(f), Government Code, so that |
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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, gang-related |
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crime, and gang involvement in trafficking of persons. |
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Explanation: This change is necessary to require certain law |
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enforcement agencies to comply with a request from the Texas Fusion |
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Center to provide information relating to criminal street gangs, |
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gang-related crime, and gang involvement in trafficking 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 of |
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the bill, by omitting added Section 421.082(g), 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 report. |