81R37770 GCB-D
By: Carona S.R. No. 1079
R E S O L U T I O N
BE IT RESOLVED by the Senate of the State of Texas, 81st
Legislature, Regular Session, 2009, That Senate Rule 12.03 be
suspended in part as provided by Senate Rule 12.08 to enable the
conference committee appointed to resolve the differences on Senate
Bill 379, relating to an annual report by the Texas Fusion Center
regarding criminal street gangs and gang-related crime, to consider
and take action on the following matter:
(1) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1
of the bill, in added Section 421.082(e), Government Code, and in
SECTION 2 of the bill, so that they read as follows:
(e) The gang section of the center shall annually submit to
the governor and the legislature a report assessing the threat
posed statewide by criminal street gangs. The report must include
identification of:
(1) law enforcement strategies that have been proven
effective in deterring gang-related crime; and
(2) gang involvement in trafficking of persons.
SECTION 2. The gang section of the Texas Fusion Center shall
submit the first annual report required by Subsection (e), Section
421.082, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later than
September 1, 2010.
Explanation: This change is necessary to require the gang
section of the Texas Fusion Center to produce the report and to
ensure that certain matters are included in the report.
(2) Senate Rule 12.03(1) is suspended to permit the
committee to change text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1
of the bill, in added Section 421.082(f), Government Code, so that
it reads as follows:
(f) On request, the office of the attorney general, the
Department of Public Safety, the Texas Department of Criminal
Justice, other law enforcement agencies, and juvenile justice
agencies of this state shall provide to the gang section of the
center information relating to criminal street gangs, gang-related
crime, and gang involvement in trafficking of persons.
Explanation: This change is necessary to require certain law
enforcement agencies to comply with a request from the Texas Fusion
Center to provide information relating to criminal street gangs,
gang-related crime, and gang involvement in trafficking of persons.
(3) Senate Rule 12.03(2) is suspended to permit the
committee to omit text not in disagreement in proposed SECTION 1 of
the bill, by omitting added Section 421.082(g), Government Code.
Explanation: The omission is necessary to remove a
restriction on the information that may be included in the report.