H.R. No. 2930
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the House of Representatives of the State of
Texas, 81st Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That House Rule 13,
Section 9(a), be suspended in part as provided by House Rule 13,
Section 9(f), to enable the conference committee appointed to
resolve the differences on Senate Bill 379, relating to an annual
report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding criminal street gangs
and gang-related crime, to consider and take action on the
following matters:
(1) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit
the committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed
SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 421.082(e), Government
Code, and in SECTION 2 of the bill, so that they read as follows:
(e) The gang section of the center shall annually submit to
the governor and the legislature a report assessing the threat
posed statewide by criminal street gangs. The report must include
identification of:
(1) law enforcement strategies that have been proven
effective in deterring gang-related crime; and
(2) gang involvement in trafficking of persons.
SECTION 2. The gang section of the Texas Fusion Center shall
submit the first annual report required by Subsection (e), Section
421.082, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than
September 1, 2010.
Explanation: This change is necessary to require the gang
section of the Texas Fusion Center to produce the report and to
ensure that certain matters are included in the report.
(2) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(1), is suspended to permit
the committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed
SECTION 1 of the bill, in added Section 421.082(f), Government
Code, so that it reads as follows:
(f) On request, the office of the attorney general, the
Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, other law enforcement agencies, and juvenile justice
agencies of this state shall provide to the gang section of the
center information relating to criminal street gangs, gang-related
crime, and gang involvement in trafficking of persons.
Explanation: This change is necessary to require certain law
enforcement agencies to comply with a request from the Texas Fusion
Center to provide information relating to criminal street gangs,
gang-related crime, and gang involvement in trafficking of persons.
(3) House Rule 13, Section 9(a)(2), is suspended to permit
the committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1
of the bill, by omitting added Section 421.082(g), Government Code.
Explanation: The omission is necessary to remove a
restriction on the information that may be included in the report.
Guillen
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 2930 was adopted by the House on May
31, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 0, 1 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House