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