1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 2930 |
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4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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5 | 5 | | BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of |
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6 | 6 | | Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13, |
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7 | 7 | | Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13, |
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8 | 8 | | Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to |
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9 | 9 | | resolve the differences on Senate Bill 379, relating to an annual |
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10 | 10 | | report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding criminal street gangs |
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11 | 11 | | and gang-related crime, to consider and take action on the |
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12 | 12 | | following matters: |
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13 | 13 | | (1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit |
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14 | 14 | | the committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed |
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15 | 15 | | SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 421.082(e), Government |
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16 | 16 | | Code, and in SECTION 2 of the bill, so that they read as follows: |
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17 | 17 | | (e) The gang section of the center shall annually submit to |
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18 | 18 | | the governor and the legislature a report assessing the threat |
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19 | 19 | | posed statewide by criminal street gangs. The report must include |
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20 | 20 | | identification of: |
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21 | 21 | | (1) law enforcement strategies that have been proven |
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22 | 22 | | effective in deterring gang-related crime; and |
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23 | 23 | | (2) gang involvement in trafficking of persons. |
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24 | 24 | | SECTION 2. The gang section of the Texas Fusion Center shall |
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25 | 25 | | submit the first annual report required by Subsection (e), Section |
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26 | 26 | | 421.082, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than |
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27 | 27 | | September 1, 2010. |
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28 | 28 | | Explanation: This change is necessary to require the gang |
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29 | 29 | | section of the Texas Fusion Center to produce the report and to |
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30 | 30 | | ensure that certain matters are included in the report. |
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31 | 31 | | (2) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit |
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32 | 32 | | the committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed |
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33 | 33 | | SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 421.082(f), Government |
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34 | 34 | | Code, so that it reads as follows: |
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35 | 35 | | (f) On request, the office of the attorney general, the |
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36 | 36 | | Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Criminal |
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37 | 37 | | Justice, other law enforcement agencies, and juvenile justice |
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38 | 38 | | agencies of this state shall provide to the gang section of the |
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39 | 39 | | center information relating to criminal street gangs, gang-related |
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40 | 40 | | crime, and gang involvement in trafficking of persons. |
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41 | 41 | | Explanation: This change is necessary to require certain law |
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42 | 42 | | enforcement agencies to comply with a request from the Texas Fusion |
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43 | 43 | | Center to provide information relating to criminal street gangs, |
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44 | 44 | | gang-related crime, and gang involvement in trafficking of persons. |
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45 | 45 | | (3) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit |
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46 | 46 | | the committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1 |
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47 | 47 | | of the bill, by omitting added Section 421.082(g), Government Code. |
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48 | 48 | | Explanation: The omission is necessary to remove a |
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49 | 49 | | restriction on the information that may be included in the report. |
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50 | 50 | | Guillen |
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51 | 51 | | ______________________________ |
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52 | 52 | | Speaker of the House |
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53 | 53 | | I certify that H.R. No. 2930 was adopted by the House on May |
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54 | 54 | | 31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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55 | 55 | | voting. |
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56 | 56 | | ______________________________ |
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57 | 57 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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