85R10831 JCG-D
By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1551
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the criteria for issuing a silver alert for a missing
senior citizen.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.381(3), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(3) "Senior citizen" means a person who is 55 [65]
years of age or older.
SECTION 2. Section 411.386, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (c) to read as
follows:
(a) A local law enforcement agency may notify the department
if the agency:
(1) receives notice of a missing senior citizen;
(2) verifies that at the time the senior citizen is
reported missing:
(A) the person reported missing is 55 [65] years
of age or older;
(B) the senior citizen's location is unknown; and
(C) the senior citizen has an impaired mental
condition; and
(3) determines that the senior citizen's disappearance
poses a credible threat to the senior citizen's health and safety.
(c) The family or legal guardian of a missing senior citizen
may provide documentation as required by Subsection (b)(1) by
submitting to the local law enforcement agency an affidavit stating
that the senior citizen has an impaired mental condition. The local
law enforcement agency may not require additional documentation
under Subsection (b)(1) from a family or legal guardian who submits
an affidavit as described by this subsection.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.