81R5300 BEF-F
By: Carona S.B. No. 550
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the designation of the office of the governor as the
lead agency for border security.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 421, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 421.0024 to read as follows:
Sec. 421.0024. LEAD BORDER SECURITY AGENCY. (a) The office
of the governor is the lead agency for security at or near this
state's international border.
(b) The office of the governor and each agency with a
mission that includes homeland security, border security, or border
support shall adopt border security as a core mission.
(c) The office of the governor, in coordination with the
Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, shall provide
guidance to each agency described by Subsection (b) in order to
establish unity of effort and clarification of roles and
responsibilities related to border security.
(d) With direction from the office of the governor and in
coordination with the Border Security Council, the Department of
Public Safety of the State of Texas shall provide an annual report
to the legislature outlining:
(1) coordination efforts related to border security
during the preceding year;
(2) achievements of agencies described by Subsection
(b) related to border security during the preceding year; and
(3) the cost-effectiveness of border security-related
expenditures made during the preceding year.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.