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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a requirement that certain state agencies report on |
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border security operations. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 322.025 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 322.025. REPORT ON BORDER SECURITY OPERATIONS. (a) In |
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this section: |
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(1) "Border security" means the activities in a |
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reportable county associated with deterring crimes and enforcing |
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state laws related to: |
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(A) an offense under Chapters 19, 20, 20A, 22, |
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34, 36, 46, and 71, Penal Code, that is punishable as a felony of the |
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third degree or higher; |
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(B) an offense under Chapter 481, Health and |
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Safety Code, that is punishable as a felony of the third degree or |
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higher; |
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(C) an offense under Section 31.03, Penal Code, |
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in which the actor obtained another person's property by using |
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actual or threatened force, violence, or fear or under the color of |
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official right; |
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(D) any offense that is coordinated with or |
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related to activities or crimes that occur or are committed in the |
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United Mexican States; or |
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(E) any offense for which the state receives |
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federal money to enhance law enforcement efforts relating to the |
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offense. |
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(2) "Reportable county" means a county: |
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(A) adjacent to or a portion of which is located |
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within 20 miles of an international border; |
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(B) adjacent to two counties located on an |
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international border with a population of more than 5,000 and less |
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than 7,500 according to the most recent decennial census; |
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(C) adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, |
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as defined by Section 51.002, Transportation Code; or |
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(D) with a population of more than 1 million. |
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(b) The Department of Public Safety, Texas Military |
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Department, Parks and Wildlife Department, trusteed programs |
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within the office of the governor, Texas Department of Criminal |
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Justice, and any other state agency designated by the board shall |
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report to the board twice each state fiscal year of the fiscal |
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biennium ending August 31, 2019, the following: |
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(1) the amount of money the agency budgeted for border |
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security and the amount of money the agency spent on border security |
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during the reporting period in each reportable county and |
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statewide; |
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(2) the method of finance for budgeted and expended |
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amounts; |
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(3) the object of expense for budgeted and expended |
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amounts; |
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(4) the amount of money the agency spent on employee |
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salaries during the reporting period for duties related to border |
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security, including regular and overtime pay, in each reportable |
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county and statewide; |
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(5) the agency's performance related to border |
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security during the reporting period in each reportable county and |
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statewide including: |
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(A) the arrest rates measuring the number of |
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arrests by the agency in the state fiscal year compared to an |
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average of the number of arrests in the immediately preceding five |
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state fiscal years for human trafficking, illicit drug |
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transportation or smuggling, stolen vehicles used in illicit drug |
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transportation or smuggling, smuggling of persons, and organized |
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crime; |
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(B) an illicit drugs seizure rate measuring the |
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amount and type of illicit drugs seized by the agency in the state |
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fiscal year compared to an average of the amount and type of illicit |
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drugs seized by the agency for the immediately preceding five |
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state fiscal years; |
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(C) the total number and an itemized list of |
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illicit drug interdictions in trafficking quantities by the agency; |
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(D) the total number and an itemized list of |
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currency seizures connected to organized crime arrests with amounts |
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of currency by the agency; and |
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(E) a currency seizure rate measuring the amount |
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of currency seized by the agency in the state fiscal year compared |
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to an average of the amount of currency seized by the agency for the |
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immediately preceding five state fiscal years; and |
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(6) any other information relating to the agency's |
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border security operations that the board may require. |
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(c) A state agency required by Subsection (b) to report |
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information to the board shall submit information for the first |
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half of a state fiscal year not later than March 31 of that year and |
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information for the second half of a state fiscal year not later |
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than September 30 of that year. The state agency shall submit the |
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information in the manner prescribed by the board. |
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(d) This section expires January 1, 2020. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |