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| 1 | 1 | 85R12227 JCG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Hernandez H.B. No. 2505 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the criteria for issuing a silver alert for a missing | |
| 8 | 8 | senior citizen. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Section 411.386(b), Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (b) The local law enforcement agency [shall]: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) may require the family or legal guardian of the | |
| 14 | 14 | missing senior citizen to provide documentation of the senior | |
| 15 | 15 | citizen's impaired mental condition to verify the condition as | |
| 16 | 16 | required by Subsection (a)(2)(C); and | |
| 17 | 17 | (2) shall, as soon as practicable, determine whether | |
| 18 | 18 | the senior citizen's disappearance poses a credible threat to the | |
| 19 | 19 | senior citizen's health and safety for purposes of Subsection | |
| 20 | 20 | (a)(3). | |
| 21 | 21 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives | |
| 22 | 22 | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as | |
| 23 | 23 | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this | |
| 24 | 24 | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this | |
| 25 | 25 | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |