LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD Austin, Texas FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION May 30, 2009 TO: Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB379 by Carona (Relating to an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding criminal street gangs.), Conference Committee Report No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated. The bill would amend the Government Code to require that the Texas Fusion Center (Center) submit an annual report detailing criminal street gangs, their threat to border communities and other areas of the state, and recommendations for actions that may be taken to prevent and reduce gang-related crime. The report may not contain sensitive intelligence or any information that may jeopardize an ongoing investigation. The bill would require that the Center submit the report to the governor and the legislature no later than September 1, 2010. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, and if it does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, the bill would take effect September 1, 2009. The bill requires the gang section of the Texas Fusion Center to annually submit to the governor and the legislature a report assessing the threat posed statewide by criminal street gangs and requires the report to include identification of law enforcement strategies. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) reports that the Bureau of Information Analysis (BIA) is presently compiling this information. The Center and the BIA are both housed at DPS; therefore the bill would pose no significant fiscal or operational impact to the state. Local Government Impact No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated. Source Agencies:405 Department of Public Safety LBB Staff: JOB, CL, GG, LG, MWU
LEGISLATIVE BUDGET BOARD
Austin, Texas
FISCAL NOTE, 81ST LEGISLATIVE REGULAR SESSION
May 30, 2009
TO: Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board IN RE:SB379 by Carona (Relating to an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding criminal street gangs.), Conference Committee Report
TO: Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
FROM: John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE: SB379 by Carona (Relating to an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding criminal street gangs.), Conference Committee Report
Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
Honorable David Dewhurst , Lieutenant Governor, Senate Honorable Joe Straus, Speaker of the House, House of Representatives
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
John S. O'Brien, Director, Legislative Budget Board
SB379 by Carona (Relating to an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding criminal street gangs.), Conference Committee Report
SB379 by Carona (Relating to an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center regarding criminal street gangs.), Conference Committee Report
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Government Code to require that the Texas Fusion Center (Center) submit an annual report detailing criminal street gangs, their threat to border communities and other areas of the state, and recommendations for actions that may be taken to prevent and reduce gang-related crime. The report may not contain sensitive intelligence or any information that may jeopardize an ongoing investigation. The bill would require that the Center submit the report to the governor and the legislature no later than September 1, 2010. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, and if it does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, the bill would take effect September 1, 2009. The bill requires the gang section of the Texas Fusion Center to annually submit to the governor and the legislature a report assessing the threat posed statewide by criminal street gangs and requires the report to include identification of law enforcement strategies. The Department of Public Safety (DPS) reports that the Bureau of Information Analysis (BIA) is presently compiling this information. The Center and the BIA are both housed at DPS; therefore the bill would pose no significant fiscal or operational impact to the state.
The bill would amend the Government Code to require that the Texas Fusion Center (Center) submit an annual report detailing criminal street gangs, their threat to border communities and other areas of the state, and recommendations for actions that may be taken to prevent and reduce gang-related crime. The report may not contain sensitive intelligence or any information that may jeopardize an ongoing investigation. The bill would require that the Center submit the report to the governor and the legislature no later than September 1, 2010. The bill would take effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all members elected to each house, and if it does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, the bill would take effect September 1, 2009.
The bill requires the gang section of the Texas Fusion Center to annually submit to the governor and the legislature a report assessing the threat posed statewide by criminal street gangs and requires the report to include identification of law enforcement strategies.
The Department of Public Safety (DPS) reports that the Bureau of Information Analysis (BIA) is presently compiling this information. The Center and the BIA are both housed at DPS; therefore the bill would pose no significant fiscal or operational impact to the state.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies: 405 Department of Public Safety
405 Department of Public Safety
LBB Staff: JOB, CL, GG, LG, MWU
JOB, CL, GG, LG, MWU