By: Howard, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) H.B. No. 2670
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 1, 2023;
May 1, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 17, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2023, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task
Force and to compensation for task force members and certain other
task force participants.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 772.0064, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsection (d) and adding Subsections (n) and (o) to read
as follows:
(d) The task force is composed of the following members:
(1) the governor or the governor's designee;
(2) a representative of each state agency that has
duties relating to the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of
sexual assault or other sex offenses or provides services to
survivors, including:
(A) the office of the attorney general; [and]
(B) the Health and Human Services Commission; and
(C) the Department of Family and Protective
Services;
(3) the executive director of the Texas Commission on
Law Enforcement or the executive director's designee;
(4) the presiding officer of the Texas Forensic
Science Commission or the presiding officer's designee;
(5) the division director of the law enforcement
support division of the Texas Department of Public Safety with
authority over the Crime Laboratory Service or the division
director's designee;
(6) the president of the Texas Association of Crime
Laboratory Directors or the president's designee;
(7) the president of the Texas District and County
Attorney's Association or the president's designee;
(8) [the president of the Texas Society of
Pathologists or the president's designee;
[(9)] the president of the International Association
of Forensic Nurses Texas Chapter or the president's designee;
(9) [(10)] the president of the statewide
organization described by Section 264.409, Family Code, or the
president's designee;
(10) [(11)] the president of the state sexual assault
coalition, as defined by Section 420.003, or the president's
designee;
(11) [(12)] a representative from a law enforcement
agency appointed by the steering committee described by Subsection
(c);
(12) [(13)] a sexual assault nurse examiner appointed
by the steering committee described by Subsection (c) to represent
the interests of health care facilities that perform sexual assault
forensic exams;
(13) an adult survivor of child sexual abuse or the
parent or guardian of a survivor of child sexual abuse;
(14) a survivor of adult sexual assault; and
(15) [(14)] other members considered appropriate by
the steering committee described by Subsection (c).
(n) A task force member who is not employed by a state agency
or an individual invited by the governor to participate in
scheduled task force meetings is entitled to:
(1) a per diem in the amount provided by the General
Appropriations Act for each day the member performs duties as a task
force member or the individual attends a task force meeting; and
(2) reimbursement for actual and necessary expenses
incurred in performing duties as a member or participant of the task
force, as applicable.
(o) Chapter 2110 does not apply to the composition or
duration of the task force or to the designation of the task force's
presiding officer.
SECTION 2. Section 772.0064(m), Government Code, is
repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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