BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 3690 |
By: Metcalf |
Homeland Security & Public Safety |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
Interested parties contend that statutory provisions relating to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council are in need of an update to reflect modern realities facing the council. C.S.H.B. 3690 seeks to enhance the efficiency of the council by, among other provisions, changing the method of selecting the director of the council and revising reporting system requirements to account for modern practices and technologies.
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CRIMINAL JUSTICE IMPACT
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly create a criminal offense, increase the punishment for an existing criminal offense or category of offenses, or change the eligibility of a person for community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 3690 amends the Government Code to replace the requirement for the Texas Crime Stoppers Council and the executive director of the criminal justice division of the governor's office to designate a person to serve as director of the council with a requirement for the executive director to make such a designation with input from the council. The bill removes the requirement that the council's director be approved by the governor and replaces the requirement for the council to define the director's authority and responsibilities with a requirement that the executive director of the criminal justice division consult with the council to define that authority and those responsibilities.
C.S.H.B. 3690 requires the council to establish other appropriate systems in addition to the council's telephone service for purposes of reporting information about criminal acts to the council and to make the telephone service and other reporting systems accessible at all times to a person residing in areas of Texas not served by a crime stoppers organization. The bill removes the requirement that the council operate the telephone service as a toll-free service and specifies that the service is a statewide telephone service.
C.S.H.B. 3690 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to make conforming changes.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2017.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 3690 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and formatted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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