| 1 | 1 | | By: Guillen H.B. No. 5247 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to the expansion of the statewide program to prevent and |
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| 7 | 7 | | detect certain offenses. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 411.02095(a)(1)(B), Government Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 411.02095. STATEWIDE PROGRAM FOR THE PREVENTION AND |
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| 12 | 12 | | DETECTION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL OFFENSES. (a) The department may |
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| 13 | 13 | | establish a program throughout this state for preventing and |
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| 14 | 14 | | detecting: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) the unlawful possession or the unlawful and |
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| 16 | 16 | | imminent movement or transfer between this state and an adjacent |
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| 17 | 17 | | state or the United Mexican States of: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (A) firearms, in violation of Section 46.14, |
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| 19 | 19 | | Penal Code; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (B) controlled substances, in violation of |
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| 21 | 21 | | Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code or violations of Section |
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| 22 | 22 | | 801.251, Occupations Code; or |
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| 23 | 23 | | (C) currency, in violation of Section 34.02, |
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| 24 | 24 | | Penal Code; and |
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| 25 | 25 | | (2) the commission or imminent commission of the |
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| 26 | 26 | | offenses of smuggling of persons under Section 20.05, Penal Code, |
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| 27 | 27 | | and trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02, Penal Code, |
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| 28 | 28 | | occurring in this state or involving travel between this state and |
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| 29 | 29 | | an adjacent state or the United Mexican States. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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