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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a report by the Department of Public Safety of certain |
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information on border crime and other criminal activity related to |
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border security. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.055 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.055. ANNUAL REPORT ON BORDER CRIME AND OTHER |
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CRIMINAL ACTIVITY. (a) Not later than January 30 of each year, the |
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department shall submit to the legislature a report on border crime |
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and other criminal activity. The report must include: |
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(1) statistics for each month of the preceding year |
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and yearly totals of all border crime, as defined by Section |
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772.0071, and other criminal activity the department determines |
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relates to border security that occurred in each county included in |
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a department region that is adjacent to the Texas-Mexico border; |
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and |
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(2) statewide crime statistics for the crimes reported |
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under Subdivision (1). |
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(b) In compiling the information for the report, the |
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department shall use information available in the National |
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Incident-Based Reporting System of the Uniform Crime Reporting |
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Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the Texas |
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Incident-Based Reporting System of the department. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |