Bill Text: TX HB3690 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-06-12 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB3690 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB3690-Enrolled.html
H.B. No. 3690 |
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relating to the Texas Crime Stoppers Council. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 414.004, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 414.004. DIRECTOR. The [ |
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director of the criminal justice division of the governor's office, | ||
with input from the council, shall designate a person to serve as | ||
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define the director's authority and responsibilities. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 414.012, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 414.012. STATEWIDE CRIME REPORTING SYSTEMS [ |
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systems to allow information about criminal acts to be reported to | ||
the council and shall make the telephone service and other | ||
reporting systems accessible at all times to persons residing in | ||
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appropriate law enforcement agencies or crime stoppers | ||
organization. | ||
SECTION 3. Article 102.013(a), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The legislature shall appropriate funds from the crime | ||
stoppers assistance account to the Criminal Justice Division of the | ||
Governor's Office. The Criminal Justice Division may use 10 | ||
percent of the funds for the operation of the free | ||
statewide | ||
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reporting of crime under Section 414.012, Government Code, and | ||
shall distribute the remainder of the funds only to crime stoppers | ||
organizations. The Criminal Justice Division may adopt a budget | ||
and rules to implement the distribution of these funds. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
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President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
I certify that H.B. No. 3690 was passed by the House on May 4, | ||
2017, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 1, 2 present, not | ||
voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. | ||
No. 3690 on May 25, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 1, | ||
2 present, not voting. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||
I certify that H.B. No. 3690 was passed by the Senate, with | ||
amendments, on May 23, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
APPROVED: __________________ | ||
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Governor |