2009S0651-1 03/10/09
By: Uresti S.B. No. 2367
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an annual report by the Border Security Council
regarding criminal street gangs and expanding gang prevention
efforts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 421.0025, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) The Border Security Council shall submit to the governor
a report regarding criminal street gangs and expanding gang
prevention efforts. The report must be approved by a majority of
the council members and must include:
(1) an evaluation of the threat that criminal street
gangs and gang-related crime pose to the infrastructure and
well-being of the state, each county, and each municipality with a
population of more than 100,000; and
(2) recommendations on actions that may be taken to:
(A) prevent recruitment of youth into gangs by:
(i) identifying best practices across the
United States utilized to combat criminal street gangs and
gang-related crime; and
(ii) identifying factors within each
municipality with a population of more than 100,000 that may make
youth susceptible to gang recruitment;
(B) identify local community-based organizations
across the state willing to participate in a collaborative effort
so as to:
(i) assess the organization's current
resources; and
(ii) assess the organization's best
practices in conjunction with local law enforcement gang prevention
efforts; and
(C) identify strategies to include youth,
families, and community-based organizations in the decision-making
process so as to:
(i) increase interaction and communication
between all stakeholders;
(ii) establish trust between all
stakeholders; and
(iii) secure support from all stakeholders.
SECTION 2. The Border Security Council shall submit the
first annual report regarding criminal street gangs and expanding
gang prevention efforts to the governor as required by Subsection
(g), Section 421.0025, Government Code, as added by this Act, not
later than September 1, 2010.
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.