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1	1	By: Zedler (Senate Sponsor - Van de Putte) H.B. No. 1930
2	2	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 6, 2011;
3	3	May 9, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
4	4	Justice; May 21, 2011, reported favorably by the following vote:
5	5	Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 21, 2011, sent to printer.)
6	6
7	7
8	8	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
9	9	AN ACT
10	10	relating to the membership and duties of the Human Trafficking
11	11	Prevention Task Force.
12	12	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
13	13	SECTION 1. Sections 402.035(c) and (d), Government Code,
14	14	are amended to read as follows:
15	15	(c) The task force is composed of the following:
16	16	(1) the governor or the governor's designee;
17	17	(2) the attorney general or the attorney general's
18	18	designee;
19	19	(3) the executive commissioner of the Health and Human
20	20	Services Commission or the executive commissioner's designee;
21	21	(4) the commissioner of the Department of Family and
22	22	Protective Services or the commissioner's designee;
23	23	(5) the commissioner of the Department of State Health
24	24	Services or the commissioner's designee;
25	25	(6) the public safety director of the Department of
26	26	Public Safety or the director's designee;
27	27	(7) [(6)] one representative from each of the
28	28	following state agencies, appointed by the chief administrative
29	29	officer of the respective agency:
30	30	(A) the Texas Workforce Commission;
31	31	(B) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
32	32	(C) the Texas Youth Commission;
33	33	(D) the Texas Juvenile Probation Commission; and
34	34	(E) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; and
35	35	(8) [(7)] as appointed by the attorney general:
36	36	(A) a public defender, as defined by Article
37	37	26.044, Code of Criminal Procedure;
38	38	(B) an attorney representing the state;
39	39	(C) a representative of:
40	40	(i) a hotel and motel association;
41	41	(ii) a district and county attorneys
42	42	association; and
43	43	(iii) a state police association;
44	44	(D) representatives of sheriff's departments;
45	45	(E) representatives of local law enforcement
46	46	agencies affected by human trafficking; and
47	47	(F) representatives of nongovernmental entities
48	48	making comprehensive efforts to combat human trafficking by:
49	49	(i) identifying human trafficking victims;
50	50	(ii) providing legal or other services to
51	51	human trafficking victims;
52	52	(iii) participating in community outreach
53	53	or public awareness efforts regarding human trafficking;
54	54	(iv) providing or developing training
55	55	regarding the prevention of human trafficking; or
56	56	(v) engaging in other activities designed
57	57	to prevent human trafficking.
58	58	(d) The task force shall:
59	59	(1) collaborate, as needed to fulfill the duties of
60	60	the task force, with:
61	61	(A) United States attorneys for the districts of
62	62	Texas; and
63	63	(B) special agents or customs and border
64	64	protection officers and border patrol agents of:
65	65	(i) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
66	66	(ii) the United States Drug Enforcement
67	67	Administration;
68	68	(iii) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
69	69	Firearms and Explosives;
70	70	(iv) the United States Immigration and
71	71	Customs Enforcement Agency; or
72	72	(v) the United States Department of
73	73	Homeland Security;
74	74	(2) collect, organize, and periodically publish
75	75	statistical data on the nature and extent of human trafficking in
76	76	this state;
77	77	(3) solicit cooperation and assistance from state and
78	78	local governmental agencies, political subdivisions of the state,
79	79	nongovernmental organizations, and other persons, as appropriate,
80	80	for the purpose of collecting and organizing statistical data under
81	81	Subdivision (2);
82	82	(4) ensure that each state or local governmental
83	83	agency and political subdivision of the state that assists in the
84	84	prevention of human trafficking collects statistical data related
85	85	to human trafficking, including, as appropriate:
86	86	(A) the number of investigations concerning,
87	87	arrests and prosecutions for, and convictions of:
88	88	(i) the offense of trafficking of persons;
89	89	and
90	90	(ii) the offense of forgery or an offense
91	91	under Chapter 43, Penal Code, if committed as part of a criminal
92	92	episode involving the trafficking of persons;
93	93	(B) demographic information on persons who are
94	94	convicted of offenses described by Paragraph (A) and persons who
95	95	are the victims of those offenses;
96	96	(C) geographic routes by which human trafficking
97	97	victims are trafficked and geographic patterns in human
98	98	trafficking, including the country or state of origin and the
99	99	country or state of destination;
100	100	(D) means of transportation and methods used by
101	101	persons who engage in trafficking to transport their victims; and
102	102	(E) social and economic factors that create a
103	103	demand for the labor or services that victims of human trafficking
104	104	are forced to provide;
105	105	(5) work with the Commission on Law Enforcement
106	106	Officer Standards and Education to develop and conduct training for
107	107	law enforcement personnel, victim service providers, and medical
108	108	service providers to identify victims of human trafficking;
109	109	(6) on the request of a judge of a county court, county
110	110	court at law, or district court or a county attorney, district
111	111	attorney, or criminal district attorney, assist and train the judge
112	112	or the judge's staff or the attorney or the attorney's staff in the
113	113	recognition and prevention of human trafficking;
114	114	(7) examine training protocols related to human
115	115	trafficking issues, as developed and implemented by federal, state,
116	116	and local law enforcement agencies;
117	117	(8) collaborate with state and local governmental
118	118	agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and nongovernmental
119	119	organizations to implement a media awareness campaign in
120	120	communities affected by human trafficking; [and]
121	121	(9) develop recommendations on how to strengthen state
122	122	and local efforts to prevent human trafficking, protect and assist
123	123	human trafficking victims, and prosecute human trafficking
124	124	offenders; and
125	125	(10) examine the extent to which human trafficking is
126	126	associated with the operation of sexually oriented businesses, as
127	127	defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, and the
128	128	workplace or public health concerns that are created by the
129	129	association of human trafficking and the operation of sexually
130	130	oriented businesses.
131	131	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
132	132	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
133	133	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
134	134	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
135	135	Act takes effect September 1, 2011.
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