| 1 | 1 | | By: Howard, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2670 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 4 | 4 | | Justice; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 8 | 8 | | |
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| 9 | 9 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 10 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 11 | | relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task |
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| 12 | 12 | | Force and to compensation for task force members and certain other |
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| 13 | 13 | | task force participants. |
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| 14 | 14 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 1. Section 772.0064, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 16 | 16 | | amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (n) and (o) to read |
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| 17 | 17 | | as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (d) The task force is composed of the following members: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (1) the governor or the governor's designee; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) a representative of each state agency that has |
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| 21 | 21 | | duties relating to the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of |
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| 22 | 22 | | sexual assault or other sex offenses or provides services to |
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| 23 | 23 | | survivors, including: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (A) the office of the attorney general; [and] |
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| 25 | 25 | | (B) the Health and Human Services Commission; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | (C) the Department of Family and Protective |
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| 27 | 27 | | Services; |
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| 28 | 28 | | (3) the executive director of the Texas Commission on |
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| 29 | 29 | | Law Enforcement or the executive director's designee; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (4) the presiding officer of the Texas Forensic |
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| 31 | 31 | | Science Commission or the presiding officer's designee; |
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| 32 | 32 | | (5) the division director of the law enforcement |
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| 33 | 33 | | support division of the Texas Department of Public Safety with |
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| 34 | 34 | | authority over the Crime Laboratory Service or the division |
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| 35 | 35 | | director's designee; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (6) the president of the Texas Association of Crime |
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| 37 | 37 | | Laboratory Directors or the president's designee; |
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| 38 | 38 | | (7) the president of the Texas District and County |
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| 39 | 39 | | Attorney's Association or the president's designee; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (8) [the president of the Texas Society of |
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| 41 | 41 | | Pathologists or the president's designee; |
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| 42 | 42 | | [(9)] the president of the International Association |
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| 43 | 43 | | of Forensic Nurses Texas Chapter or the president's designee; |
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| 44 | 44 | | (9) [(10)] the president of the statewide |
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| 45 | 45 | | organization described by Section 264.409, Family Code, or the |
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| 46 | 46 | | president's designee; |
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| 47 | 47 | | (10) [(11)] the president of the state sexual assault |
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| 48 | 48 | | coalition, as defined by Section 420.003, or the president's |
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| 49 | 49 | | designee; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (11) [(12)] a representative from a law enforcement |
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| 51 | 51 | | agency appointed by the steering committee described by Subsection |
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| 52 | 52 | | (c); |
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| 53 | 53 | | (12) [(13)] a sexual assault nurse examiner appointed |
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| 54 | 54 | | by the steering committee described by Subsection (c) to represent |
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| 55 | 55 | | the interests of health care facilities that perform sexual assault |
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| 56 | 56 | | forensic exams; |
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| 57 | 57 | | (13) an adult survivor of child sexual abuse or the |
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| 58 | 58 | | parent or guardian of a survivor of child sexual abuse; |
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| 59 | 59 | | (14) a survivor of adult sexual assault; and |
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| 60 | 60 | | (15) [(14)] other members considered appropriate by |
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| 61 | 61 | | the steering committee described by Subsection (c). |
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| 62 | 62 | | (n) A task force member who is not employed by a state agency |
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| 63 | 63 | | or an individual invited by the governor to participate in |
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| 64 | 64 | | scheduled task force meetings is entitled to: |
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| 65 | 65 | | (1) a per diem in the amount provided by the General |
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| 66 | 66 | | Appropriations Act for each day the member performs duties as a task |
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| 67 | 67 | | force member or the individual attends a task force meeting; and |
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| 68 | 68 | | (2) reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses |
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| 69 | 69 | | incurred in performing duties as a member or participant of the task |
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| 70 | 70 | | force, as applicable. |
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| 71 | 71 | | (o) Chapter 2110 does not apply to the composition or |
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| 72 | 72 | | duration of the task force or to the designation of the task force's |
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| 73 | 73 | | presiding officer. |
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| 74 | 74 | | SECTION 2. Section 772.0064(m), Government Code, is |
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| 75 | 75 | | repealed. |
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| 76 | 76 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 77 | 77 | | * * * * * |
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