Bill Text: TX HB1202 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

Texas House Bill 1202 (Prior Session Legislation)

Introduced

Bill Title: Relating to a study on the effectiveness of Operation Secure Texas.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-02-28 - Referred to Appropriations [HB1202 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB1202-Introduced.html

	85R6356 JG-D

	By: Blanco	H.B. No. 1202



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a study on the effectiveness of Operation Secure Texas.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. DEFINITION. In this Act, "Homeland Security
	Council" means the advisory entity created under Subchapter B,
	Chapter 421, Government Code.
	SECTION 2. STUDY OF OPERATION SECURE TEXAS. The Homeland
	Security Council shall conduct a study to evaluate the
	effectiveness of Operation Secure Texas.
	SECTION 3. SCOPE OF STUDY. (a) The study must:
	(1) evaluate how effectively state financial
	resources were used to address the threat of drug cartel crime along
	the international border during the operation;
	(2) evaluate how effectively state financial
	resources are currently being used to address the threat of drug
	cartel crime along the international border;
	(3) compare the estimated amount of controlled
	substances illegally transported across the border during
	Operation Secure Texas with the amount of controlled substances
	illegally transported across the border during a comparable period
	immediately before the date the operation began; and
	(4) compare the estimated number of firearms illegally
	transported across the border during Operation Secure Texas with
	the estimated number of firearms illegally transported across the
	border during a comparable period immediately before the date the
	operation began.
	(b) In conducting the study, the Homeland Security Council
	shall solicit input from and collaborate with:
	(1) local law enforcement agencies and officials,
	including county sheriffs' departments and local police
	departments, on best practices for improving state efforts to
	combat drug and firearms trafficking; and
	(2) to the extent feasible, the United States Border
	Patrol.
	SECTION 4. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) The Homeland
	Security Council shall issue a written report to the governor, the
	lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of
	representatives that includes the council's findings.
	(b) The report must be issued not later than November 30,
	2018.
	SECTION 5. EXPIRATION. This Act expires December 1, 2018.
	SECTION 6. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September
	1, 2017.