Amend Floor Amendment No. 39 by Martinez Fischer (page 63 of the prefiled amendment packet) to CSHB 11 by striking the text of the amendment and substituting the following:
Amend CSHB 11 by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill as appropriate:
SECTION ____. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is amended by adding Section 411.0101 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.0101. ASSISTANCE TO CERTAIN LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES ALONG TEXAS-MEXICO BORDER. In addition to any other department operations in a county along the Texas-Mexico border, the department shall provide assistance with offenses punishable as a third degree felony or higher to a county or municipal law enforcement agency in a county along the Texas-Mexico border on a request from the law enforcement agency for assistance. The regional commander has discretion to allocate department resources as necessary to meet the department's objectives.