Amend CSHB 3782 (house committee printing) as follows:
(1) On page 2, between lines 24 and 25, insert the following appropriately numbered subdivision and renumber subsequent subdivisions and cross-references to those subdivisions accordingly:
(____) as a nonvoting member, the presiding officer of the border prosecution unit established under Section 772.052;
(2) On page 11, between lines 1 and 2, insert the following appropriately numbered subdivision and renumber subsequent subdivisions and cross-references to those subdivisions accordingly:
(____) "State agency" means a board, commission, department, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government.
(3) On page 12, between lines 22 and 23, insert the following appropriately numbered subdivision and renumber subsequent subdivisions and cross-references to those subdivisions accordingly:
(____) the Texas Division of Emergency Management;
(4) Strike page 12, line 27, through page 13, line 2, and substitute the following:
identified under Subsection (a) shall dedicate those resources to the task force and its duties.
(5) On page 13, between lines 16 and 17, insert the following:
Sec. 425.0071. EMPLOYMENT OF DEDICATED PERSONNEL; COOPERATIVE WORK. (a) A person who is dedicated to the task force under Section 425.006 or 425.007 remains an employee of the assigning state agency or local government but the person may be assigned duties by the chief.
(b) A person who is dedicated to the task force shall work cooperatively with employees of the task force and other persons dedicated to the task force under the guidance of the chief to achieve efficiency in efforts by state agencies and local governments to enforce the law in the border region.
Sec. 425.0072. COOPERATION WITH BORDER PROSECUTION UNIT. (a) In this section, "border prosecution unit" means the border prosecution unit established under Section 772.052.
(b) The task force shall cooperate with the border prosecution unit to carry out the duties of the task force and the unit.
(c) The border prosecution unit as needed may assign a prosecutor from the unit to the task force headquarters or any regional office of the task force.
(6) On page 16, between lines 13 and 14, insert the following:
(c) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person dedicated to the task force may not be granted any powers or authority that exceeds the powers or authority granted by other law to the office held by the person with the dedicating state agency or local government.