| 1 | 1 | | 88R7707 LRM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Creighton, King S.B. No. 1483 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the creation of a retail theft investigation unit in the |
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| 8 | 8 | | Department of Public Safety. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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| 11 | 11 | | amended by adding Section 411.0093 to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | Sec. 411.0093. RETAIL THEFT INVESTIGATION UNIT. (a) A |
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| 13 | 13 | | retail theft investigation unit is created within the department to |
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| 14 | 14 | | investigate and arrest individuals determined to have committed |
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| 15 | 15 | | retail theft and organized retail theft. |
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| 16 | 16 | | (b) The unit shall: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (1) on request, assist local law enforcement agencies |
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| 18 | 18 | | and prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of retail |
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| 19 | 19 | | theft and organized retail theft committed in this state; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | (2) investigate organized retail theft committed in |
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| 21 | 21 | | this state by combinations and criminal street gangs, as those |
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| 22 | 22 | | terms are defined by Section 71.01, Penal Code. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (c) The unit may accept and use evidence of retail theft or |
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| 24 | 24 | | organized retail theft submitted by victims and other informants |
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| 25 | 25 | | for the purpose of investigating those offenses. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. The Department of Public Safety is required to |
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| 27 | 27 | | implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature |
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| 28 | 28 | | appropriates money specifically for that purpose. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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