| 1 | 1 | | 81R5300 BEF-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Carona S.B. No. 550 |
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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 the designation of the office of the governor as the |
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| 8 | 8 | | lead agency for border security. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 421, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 421.0024 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 421.0024. LEAD BORDER SECURITY AGENCY. (a) The office |
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| 13 | 13 | | of the governor is the lead agency for security at or near this |
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| 14 | 14 | | state's international border. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) The office of the governor and each agency with a |
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| 16 | 16 | | mission that includes homeland security, border security, or border |
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| 17 | 17 | | support shall adopt border security as a core mission. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (c) The office of the governor, in coordination with the |
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| 19 | 19 | | Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, shall provide |
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| 20 | 20 | | guidance to each agency described by Subsection (b) in order to |
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| 21 | 21 | | establish unity of effort and clarification of roles and |
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| 22 | 22 | | responsibilities related to border security. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (d) With direction from the office of the governor and in |
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| 24 | 24 | | coordination with the Border Security Council, the Department of |
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| 25 | 25 | | Public Safety of the State of Texas shall provide an annual report |
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| 26 | 26 | | to the legislature outlining: |
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| 27 | 27 | | (1) coordination efforts related to border security |
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| 28 | 28 | | during the preceding year; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (2) achievements of agencies described by Subsection |
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| 30 | 30 | | (b) related to border security during the preceding year; and |
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| 31 | 31 | | (3) the cost-effectiveness of border security-related |
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| 32 | 32 | | expenditures made during the preceding year. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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