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Amend CSHB 11 (senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 9 of the bill, in added Section 411.0209, Government Code (page 5, between lines 54 and 55), insert the following:
(d) The department may investigate the feasibility of participating in an intelligent transportation system in border counties to monitor international border checkpoints, international bridges, each international port of entry, and each transportation system to achieve the goals of Subsection (a).
(2) Strike SECTION 13 of the bill (page 6, line 53, through page 7, line 18), and substitute the following:
SECTION 13. Chapter 362, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 362.005 to read as follows:
Sec. 362.005. TEXAS TRANSNATIONAL INTELLIGENCE CENTER. (a) The sheriff's department of a county with a population of at least 700,000 but not more than 800,000 that borders the Texas-Mexico border and the police department of the municipality having the largest population in that county shall jointly establish and operate the Texas Transnational Intelligence Center as a central repository of real-time information relating to criminal activity in the counties along the Texas-Mexico border.
(b) The center shall:
(1) serve as a central repository of real-time information relating to criminal activity in the counties served by the center;
(2) provide necessary functions related to crime and emergency operations along the Texas-Mexico border served by the center, including border monitoring, crime incident management, and hurricane disaster evacuations;
(3) provide a means for first responders in counties served by the center, including the Texas Department of Transportation, the Texas Department of Public Safety, county and municipal law enforcement agencies, the Texas National Guard, and United States Customs and Border Protection and other appropriate federal agencies, to communicate effectively to safely protect and evacuate residents in the area; and
(4) expand the intelligent transportation system and current network infrastructure using a fiber-optic network that connects media and government agencies described by Subdivision (3) in the counties served by the center to monitor the international bridges, each international port of entry, and each transportation system in the counties served by the center.
(c) The Texas Department of Public Safety shall assist the county sheriff's department described by Subsection (a) and the municipal police department described by that subsection in the establishment and operation of the center.
(d) Each law enforcement agency in a county located along the Texas-Mexico border and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Parks and Wildlife Department shall report to the Texas Transnational Intelligence Center information regarding criminal activity in the law enforcement agency's jurisdiction, including details on kidnappings, home invasions, and incidents of impersonation of law enforcement officers.
(e) The information in the Texas Transnational Intelligence Center shall be made available to each law enforcement agency in the state and the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission and Parks and Wildlife Department.