81R20259 GCB-F
By: Guillen H.B. No. 4185
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4185:
By: Flynn C.S.H.B. No. 4185
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding
criminal street gangs and gang-related crime.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 421.082, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsections (e), (f), and (g) to read as follows:
(e) The center shall annually submit to the governor and the
legislature a report regarding criminal street gangs and
gang-related crime. The report must include:
(1) an evaluation of the threat that criminal street
gangs and gang-related crime pose to the infrastructure of the
state; and
(2) recommendations on actions that may be taken to:
(A) prevent criminal street gangs from
committing human trafficking offenses;
(B) reduce criminal street gang violence;
(C) prevent the growth and proliferation of
criminal street gangs; and
(D) ensure that law enforcement personnel
receive the necessary training and education to effectively deal
with the problems created by criminal street gangs and gang-related
crime.
(f) On request, the office of the attorney general, the
Department of Public Safety, the Texas Violent Gang Task Force, the
Gang Resource System, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and
state criminal justice and juvenile justice agencies shall provide
information relating to criminal street gangs and gang-related
crime to the center.
(g) As soon as possible after submitting the annual report
as required by Subsection (e), the center shall publish the report
on the center's Internet website.
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2010, the Texas
Fusion Center shall submit the first annual report regarding
criminal street gangs and gang-related crime as required by Section
421.082(e), Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.