Texas 2017 - 85th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1203 Compare Versions

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1	1	85R6596 MCK-F
2	2	By: Blanco H.B. No. 1203
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to a requirement that certain state agencies report on
8	8	border security operations.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by
11	11	adding Section 322.025 to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 322.025. REPORT ON BORDER SECURITY OPERATIONS. (a) In
13	13	this section:
14	14	(1) "Border security" means the activities in a
15	15	reportable county associated with deterring crimes and enforcing
16	16	state laws related to:
17	17	(A) an offense under Chapters 19, 20, 20A, 22,
18	18	34, 36, 46, and 71, Penal Code, that is punishable as a felony of the
19	19	third degree or higher;
20	20	(B) an offense under Chapter 481, Health and
21	21	Safety Code, that is punishable as a felony of the third degree or
22	22	higher;
23	23	(C) an offense under Section 31.03, Penal Code,
24	24	in which the actor obtained another person's property by using
25	25	actual or threatened force, violence, or fear or under the color of
26	26	official right;
27	27	(D) any offense that is coordinated with or
28	28	related to activities or crimes that occur or are committed in the
29	29	United Mexican States; or
30	30	(E) any offense for which the state receives
31	31	federal money to enhance law enforcement efforts relating to the
32	32	offense.
33	33	(2) "Reportable county" means a county:
34	34	(A) adjacent to or a portion of which is located
35	35	within 20 miles of an international border;
36	36	(B) adjacent to two counties located on an
37	37	international border with a population of more than 5,000 and less
38	38	than 7,500 according to the most recent decennial census;
39	39	(C) adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway,
40	40	as defined by Section 51.002, Transportation Code; or
41	41	(D) with a population of more than 1 million.
42	42	(b) The Department of Public Safety, Texas Military
43	43	Department, Parks and Wildlife Department, trusteed programs
44	44	within the office of the governor, Texas Department of Criminal
45	45	Justice, and any other state agency designated by the board shall
46	46	report to the board twice each state fiscal year of the fiscal
47	47	biennium ending August 31, 2019, the following:
48	48	(1) the amount of money the agency budgeted for border
49	49	security and the amount of money the agency spent on border security
50	50	during the reporting period in each reportable county and
51	51	statewide;
52	52	(2) the method of finance for budgeted and expended
53	53	amounts;
54	54	(3) the object of expense for budgeted and expended
55	55	amounts;
56	56	(4) the amount of money the agency spent on employee
57	57	salaries during the reporting period for duties related to border
58	58	security, including regular and overtime pay, in each reportable
59	59	county and statewide;
60	60	(5) the agency's performance related to border
61	61	security during the reporting period in each reportable county and
62	62	statewide including:
63	63	(A) the arrest rates measuring the number of
64	64	arrests by the agency in the state fiscal year compared to an
65	65	average of the number of arrests in the immediately preceding five
66	66	state fiscal years for human trafficking, illicit drug
67	67	transportation or smuggling, stolen vehicles used in illicit drug
68	68	transportation or smuggling, smuggling of persons, and organized
69	69	crime;
70	70	(B) an illicit drugs seizure rate measuring the
71	71	amount and type of illicit drugs seized by the agency in the state
72	72	fiscal year compared to an average of the amount and type of illicit
73	73	drugs seized by the agency for the immediately preceding five
74	74	state fiscal years;
75	75	(C) the total number and an itemized list of
76	76	illicit drug interdictions in trafficking quantities by the agency;
77	77	(D) the total number and an itemized list of
78	78	currency seizures connected to organized crime arrests with amounts
79	79	of currency by the agency; and
80	80	(E) a currency seizure rate measuring the amount
81	81	of currency seized by the agency in the state fiscal year compared
82	82	to an average of the amount of currency seized by the agency for the
83	83	immediately preceding five state fiscal years; and
84	84	(6) any other information relating to the agency's
85	85	border security operations that the board may require.
86	86	(c) A state agency required by Subsection (b) to report
87	87	information to the board shall submit information for the first
88	88	half of a state fiscal year not later than March 31 of that year and
89	89	information for the second half of a state fiscal year not later
90	90	than September 30 of that year. The state agency shall submit the
91	91	information in the manner prescribed by the board.
92	92	(d) This section expires January 1, 2020.
93	93	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.