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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the criteria for issuing a silver alert for a missing |
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senior citizen. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 411.381(3), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(3) "Senior citizen" means a person who is 55 [65] |
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years of age or older. |
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SECTION 2. Section 411.386, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as |
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follows: |
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(a) A local law enforcement agency may notify the department |
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if the agency: |
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(1) receives notice of a missing senior citizen; |
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(2) verifies that at the time the senior citizen is |
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reported missing: |
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(A) the person reported missing is 55 [65] years |
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of age or older; |
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(B) the senior citizen's location is unknown; and |
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(C) the senior citizen has an impaired mental |
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condition; and |
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(3) determines that the senior citizen's disappearance |
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poses a credible threat to the senior citizen's health and safety. |
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(c) The family or legal guardian of a missing senior citizen |
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may provide documentation as required by Subsection (b)(1) by |
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submitting to the local law enforcement agency an affidavit stating |
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that the senior citizen has an impaired mental condition. The local |
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law enforcement agency may not require additional documentation |
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under Subsection (b)(1) from a family or legal guardian who submits |
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an affidavit as described by this subsection. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |