Bill Text: TX SB1035 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the oversight of state border security activities.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-04-20 - Left pending in subcommittee [SB1035 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-SB1035-Introduced.html
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By: Rodríguez | S.B. No. 1035 |
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relating to the oversight of state border security activities. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 421.0025, Government Code, is | ||
transferred to Subchapter B, Chapter 421, Government Code, | ||
redesignated as Section 421.0255, Government Code, and amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 421.0255 [ |
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COUNCIL. (a) The Border Security Advisory Council consists of: | ||
(1) the executive head of each state agency receiving | ||
state appropriations for purposes related to security at or near | ||
this state's international border, or the executive head's | ||
designee; | ||
(2) representatives of at least three local | ||
governmental entities receiving local border security grant | ||
funding from the Department of Public Safety, appointed by the | ||
governor, or, if fewer than three entities receive that grant | ||
funding, representatives of at least one-third of the entities that | ||
receive that grant funding, appointed by the governor; and | ||
(3) at least three mayors of municipalities in which | ||
state appropriations for purposes related to security at or near | ||
this state's international border are spent, appointed by the | ||
governor, or representatives designated by those mayors [ |
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(b) The Border Security Advisory Council shall develop and | ||
recommend to the Homeland Security Council [ |
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performance standards, reporting requirements, audit methods, and | ||
other procedures to ensure that funds allocated [ |
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state's international border are used properly and that the | ||
recipients of the funds are accountable for the proper use of the | ||
funds. The advisory council shall publish on the office of the | ||
governor's website the recommendations made to the Homeland | ||
Security Council under this subsection. | ||
(c) The Border Security Advisory Council shall advise the | ||
Homeland Security Council [ |
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allocation of funds [ |
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security at or near this state's international border. | ||
Recommendations relating to the allocation of those funds must be | ||
made by a majority of the members of the advisory council. | ||
(d) The governor shall designate one member of the Border | ||
Security Advisory Council as the chair. The chair shall arrange | ||
meetings of the Border Security Advisory Council at times | ||
determined by the members of the advisory council. | ||
(e) The meetings of the Border Security Advisory Council are | ||
subject to the requirements of Chapter 551 to the same extent as | ||
similar meetings of the Public Safety Commission. The plans and | ||
recommendations of the Border Security Advisory Council are subject | ||
to the requirements of Chapter 552 to the same extent as similar | ||
plans and recommendations of the Department of Public Safety of the | ||
State of Texas. | ||
(f) Service on the Border Security Advisory Council by a | ||
state officer or employee or by an officer or employee of a local | ||
government is an additional duty of the member's office or | ||
employment. | ||
SECTION 2. Section 421.026, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 421.026. REPORT. The council shall annually submit to | ||
the governor a report stating: | ||
(1) the status and funding of state programs designed | ||
to detect and deter homeland security emergencies, including the | ||
status and funding of counterterrorism efforts; | ||
(2) recommendations on actions to reduce threats to | ||
homeland security, including threats related to terrorism; [ |
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(3) recommendations for improving the alert, | ||
response, and recovery capabilities of state and local agencies; | ||
and | ||
(4) an assessment of the performance of, reporting | ||
requirements for, and allocation of state agency funding for this | ||
state's border security activities. | ||
SECTION 3. (a) The positions of the members of the Border | ||
Security Council are abolished on the effective date of this Act. | ||
(b) As soon as practicable on or after the effective date of | ||
this Act, the governor shall appoint members of the Border Security | ||
Advisory Council under Sections 421.0255(a)(2) and (3), Government | ||
Code, as transferred, redesignated, and amended by this Act. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |