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| 1 | 1 | 85R10831 JCG-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1551 | |
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| 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 411.381(3), Government Code, is amended | |
| 11 | 11 | to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | (3) "Senior citizen" means a person who is 55 [65] | |
| 13 | 13 | years of age or older. | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 2. Section 411.386, Government Code, is amended by | |
| 15 | 15 | amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as | |
| 16 | 16 | follows: | |
| 17 | 17 | (a) A local law enforcement agency may notify the department | |
| 18 | 18 | if the agency: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) receives notice of a missing senior citizen; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) verifies that at the time the senior citizen is | |
| 21 | 21 | reported missing: | |
| 22 | 22 | (A) the person reported missing is 55 [65] years | |
| 23 | 23 | of age or older; | |
| 24 | 24 | (B) the senior citizen's location is unknown; and | |
| 25 | 25 | (C) the senior citizen has an impaired mental | |
| 26 | 26 | condition; and | |
| 27 | 27 | (3) determines that the senior citizen's disappearance | |
| 28 | 28 | poses a credible threat to the senior citizen's health and safety. | |
| 29 | 29 | (c) The family or legal guardian of a missing senior citizen | |
| 30 | 30 | may provide documentation as required by Subsection (b)(1) by | |
| 31 | 31 | submitting to the local law enforcement agency an affidavit stating | |
| 32 | 32 | that the senior citizen has an impaired mental condition. The local | |
| 33 | 33 | law enforcement agency may not require additional documentation | |
| 34 | 34 | under Subsection (b)(1) from a family or legal guardian who submits | |
| 35 | 35 | an affidavit as described by this subsection. | |
| 36 | 36 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |