| 1 | 1 | | 2009S0651-1 03/10/09 |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Uresti S.B. No. 2367 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to an annual report by the Border Security Council |
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| 8 | 8 | | regarding criminal street gangs and expanding gang prevention |
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| 9 | 9 | | efforts. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 421.0025, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (g) The Border Security Council shall submit to the governor |
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| 14 | 14 | | a report regarding criminal street gangs and expanding gang |
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| 15 | 15 | | prevention efforts. The report must be approved by a majority of |
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| 16 | 16 | | the council members and must include: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) an evaluation of the threat that criminal street |
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| 18 | 18 | | gangs and gang-related crime pose to the infrastructure and |
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| 19 | 19 | | well-being of the state, each county, and each municipality with a |
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| 20 | 20 | | population of more than 100,000; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (2) recommendations on actions that may be taken to: |
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| 22 | 22 | | (A) prevent recruitment of youth into gangs by: |
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| 23 | 23 | | (i) identifying best practices across the |
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| 24 | 24 | | United States utilized to combat criminal street gangs and |
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| 25 | 25 | | gang-related crime; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (ii) identifying factors within each |
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| 27 | 27 | | municipality with a population of more than 100,000 that may make |
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| 28 | 28 | | youth susceptible to gang recruitment; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (B) identify local community-based organizations |
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| 30 | 30 | | across the state willing to participate in a collaborative effort |
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| 31 | 31 | | so as to: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (i) assess the organization's current |
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| 33 | 33 | | resources; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | (ii) assess the organization's best |
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| 35 | 35 | | practices in conjunction with local law enforcement gang prevention |
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| 36 | 36 | | efforts; and |
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| 37 | 37 | | (C) identify strategies to include youth, |
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| 38 | 38 | | families, and community-based organizations in the decision-making |
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| 39 | 39 | | process so as to: |
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| 40 | 40 | | (i) increase interaction and communication |
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| 41 | 41 | | between all stakeholders; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (ii) establish trust between all |
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| 43 | 43 | | stakeholders; and |
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| 44 | 44 | | (iii) secure support from all stakeholders. |
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| 45 | 45 | | SECTION 2. The Border Security Council shall submit the |
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| 46 | 46 | | first annual report regarding criminal street gangs and expanding |
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| 47 | 47 | | gang prevention efforts to the governor as required by Subsection |
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| 48 | 48 | | (g), Section 421.0025, Government Code, as added by this Act, not |
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| 49 | 49 | | later than September 1, 2010. |
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| 50 | 50 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 51 | 51 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 52 | 52 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 53 | 53 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 54 | 54 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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