84R4187 LEH-D
By: Lucio S.B. No. 1464
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the creation of the organized crime and criminal
activity division within the office of the attorney general.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 402.038 to read as follows:
Sec. 402.038. ORGANIZED CRIME AND CRIMINAL ACTIVITY
DIVISION. (a) The office of the attorney general shall establish
an organized crime and criminal activity division.
(b) To address matters related to border security and
organized crime, the organized crime and criminal activity division
shall:
(1) establish within the office a prosecution unit to
provide critical assistance to local prosecutors;
(2) establish within the office a trafficking of
persons unit to:
(A) assist local law enforcement agencies and
local prosecutors in investigating and prosecuting trafficking of
persons and related crimes; and
(B) work with the appropriate local and state
agencies to identify victims of trafficking of persons and provide
comprehensive services to address the needs of those victims; and
(3) develop initiatives to provide greater state
assistance, support, and coordination among state law enforcement
agencies, local law enforcement agencies, and local prosecutors.
SECTION 2. Not later than December 1, 2015, the office of
the attorney general shall establish the organized crime and
criminal activity division as required by Section 402.038,
Government Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.