S.B. No. 72
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the establishment and duties of the human trafficking
  prevention coordinating council.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 402.034 to read as follows:
         Sec. 402.034.  HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COORDINATING
  COUNCIL. (a)  In this section, "council" means the human
  trafficking prevention coordinating council.
         (b)  The office of the attorney general shall establish the
  human trafficking prevention coordinating council to develop and
  implement a five-year strategic plan for preventing human
  trafficking in this state.
         (c)  The council is composed of the following: 
               (1)  the governor or the governor's designee;
               (2)  the attorney general or the attorney general's
  designee; 
               (3)  the commissioner of the Department of Family and
  Protective Services or the commissioner's designee;
               (4)  the public safety director of the Department of
  Public Safety or the director's designee;
               (5)  one representative from each of the following
  state agencies, appointed by the chief administrative officer of
  the respective agency:
                     (A)  the Texas Workforce Commission;
                     (B)  the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
                     (C)  the Parks and Wildlife Department; and
                     (D)  the Texas Department of Licensing and
  Regulation; and
               (6)  one representative of any other state agency
  appointed by the chief administrative officer of the agency, if the
  human trafficking prevention task force established under Section
  402.035 and the council determine that a representative from the
  state agency is a necessary member of the council.
         (d)  The presiding officer of the council is the attorney
  general or the attorney general's designee. 
         (e)  For each five-year period, the council shall:
               (1)  develop and implement a strategic plan for
  preventing human trafficking in this state; and
               (2)  submit the strategic plan to the legislature.
         (f)  The strategic plan must include: 
               (1)  an inventory of human trafficking prevention
  programs and services in this state that are administered by state
  agencies, including institutions of higher education, and
  political subdivisions;
               (2)  regarding the programs and services described by
  Subdivision (1):
                     (A)  a report on the number of persons served by
  the programs and services; and
                     (B)  a plan to coordinate the programs and
  services to achieve the following goals:
                           (i)  eliminate redundancy;
                           (ii)  ensure the agencies' use of best
  practices in preventing human trafficking; and
                           (iii)  identify and collect data regarding
  the efficacy of the programs and services; and
               (3)  in relation to the goals for programs and services
  as described by Subdivision (2)(B), a plan to coordinate the
  expenditure of state funds allocated to prevent human trafficking
  in this state, including the expenditure of state funds by the human
  trafficking prevention task force established under Section
  402.035.
         (g)  Not later than December 1 of each year, beginning with
  the year following the year the council submits a strategic plan to
  the legislature under Subsection (e)(2), the council shall submit
  to the legislature an annual report detailing the progress of the
  strategic plan's implementation.  The annual report must include:
               (1)  a description of the level of participation in the
  strategic plan by each agency represented on the council and how the
  implementation of the strategic plan serves to coordinate the
  programs and services described by Subsection (f)(1) and achieve
  the goals described by Subsection (f)(2)(B); and
               (2)  an update of the inventory of programs and
  services described by Subsection (f)(1) and how each program or
  service furthers the goals of the strategic plan.
         (h)  The office of the attorney general shall make available
  on the office's Internet website the strategic plan and the annual
  reports required under Subsection (g).
         SECTION 2.  Not later than May 1, 2020, the human
  trafficking prevention coordinating council shall submit to the
  legislature the five-year strategic plan required by Section
  402.034(e), Government Code, as added by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
 
 
 
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 72 passed the Senate on
  March 27, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
 
         I hereby certify that S.B. No. 72 passed the House on
  May 3, 2019, by the following vote:  Yeas 140, Nays 0, two present
  not voting.
 
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
 
  Approved:
 
  ______________________________ 
              Date
 
 
  ______________________________ 
            Governor