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1	1	83R4211 GCB-D
2	2	By: N. Gonzalez of El Paso H.B. No. 1147
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the collection of information regarding trafficking of
8	8	persons.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 402.035, Government Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Subsection (b-1) and amending Subsection (d) to read as
12	12	follows:
13	13	(b-1) A state or local law enforcement agency, district
14	14	attorney, or county attorney that assists in the prevention of
15	15	human trafficking shall, at the request of the task force,
16	16	cooperate and assist the task force in collecting any statistical
17	17	data on the nature and extent of human trafficking in the possession
18	18	of the law enforcement agency or district or county attorney.
19	19	(d) The task force shall:
20	20	(1) collaborate, as needed to fulfill the duties of
21	21	the task force, with:
22	22	(A) United States attorneys for the districts of
23	23	Texas; and
24	24	(B) special agents or customs and border
25	25	protection officers and border patrol agents of:
26	26	(i) the Federal Bureau of Investigation;
27	27	(ii) the United States Drug Enforcement
28	28	Administration;
29	29	(iii) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco,
30	30	Firearms and Explosives;
31	31	(iv) [the] United States Immigration and
32	32	Customs Enforcement [Agency]; or
33	33	(v) the United States Department of
34	34	Homeland Security;
35	35	(2) collect, organize, and periodically publish
36	36	statistical data on the nature and extent of human trafficking in
37	37	this state, including data described by Subdivisions (4)(A), (B),
38	38	(C), (D), and (E);
39	39	(3) solicit cooperation and assistance from state and
40	40	local governmental agencies, political subdivisions of the state,
41	41	nongovernmental organizations, and other persons, as appropriate,
42	42	for the purpose of collecting and organizing statistical data under
43	43	Subdivision (2);
44	44	(4) ensure that each state or local governmental
45	45	agency and political subdivision of the state and each state or
46	46	local law enforcement agency, district attorney, or county attorney
47	47	that assists in the prevention of human trafficking collects
48	48	statistical data related to human trafficking, including, as
49	49	appropriate:
50	50	(A) the number of investigations concerning,
51	51	arrests and prosecutions for, and convictions of:
52	52	(i) the offense of trafficking of persons;
53	53	and
54	54	(ii) the offense of forgery or an offense
55	55	under Chapter 43, Penal Code, if committed as part of a criminal
56	56	episode involving the trafficking of persons;
57	57	(B) demographic information on persons who are
58	58	convicted of offenses described by Paragraph (A) and persons who
59	59	are the victims of those offenses;
60	60	(C) geographic routes by which human trafficking
61	61	victims are trafficked, including routes by which victims are
62	62	trafficked across this state's international border, and
63	63	geographic patterns in human trafficking, including the country or
64	64	state of origin and the country or state of destination;
65	65	(D) means of transportation and methods used by
66	66	persons who engage in trafficking to transport their victims; and
67	67	(E) social and economic factors that create a
68	68	demand for the labor or services that victims of human trafficking
69	69	are forced to provide;
70	70	(5) work with the Commission on Law Enforcement
71	71	Officer Standards and Education to develop and conduct training for
72	72	law enforcement personnel, victim service providers, and medical
73	73	service providers to identify victims of human trafficking;
74	74	(6) on the request of a judge of a county court, county
75	75	court at law, or district court or a county attorney, district
76	76	attorney, or criminal district attorney, assist and train the judge
77	77	or the judge's staff or the attorney or the attorney's staff in the
78	78	recognition and prevention of human trafficking;
79	79	(7) examine training protocols related to human
80	80	trafficking issues, as developed and implemented by federal, state,
81	81	and local law enforcement agencies;
82	82	(8) collaborate with state and local governmental
83	83	agencies, political subdivisions of the state, and nongovernmental
84	84	organizations to implement a media awareness campaign in
85	85	communities affected by human trafficking;
86	86	(9) develop recommendations on how to strengthen state
87	87	and local efforts to prevent human trafficking, protect and assist
88	88	human trafficking victims, and prosecute human trafficking
89	89	offenders; and
90	90	(10) examine the extent to which human trafficking is
91	91	associated with the operation of sexually oriented businesses, as
92	92	defined by Section 243.002, Local Government Code, and the
93	93	workplace or public health concerns that are created by the
94	94	association of human trafficking and the operation of sexually
95	95	oriented businesses.
96	96	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
97	97	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
98	98	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
99	99	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
100	100	Act takes effect September 1, 2013.