Bill Text: TX SB72 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment and duties of the human trafficking prevention coordinating council.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Republican 5-3)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-20 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB72 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SB72-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 72 | ||
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| relating to the establishment and duties of the human trafficking | ||
| prevention coordinating council. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 402.034 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 402.034. HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COORDINATING | ||
| COUNCIL. (a) In this section, "council" means the human | ||
| trafficking prevention coordinating council. | ||
| (b) The office of the attorney general shall establish the | ||
| human trafficking prevention coordinating council to develop and | ||
| implement a five-year strategic plan for preventing human | ||
| trafficking in this state. | ||
| (c) The council is composed of the following: | ||
| (1) the governor or the governor's designee; | ||
| (2) the attorney general or the attorney general's | ||
| designee; | ||
| (3) the commissioner of the Department of Family and | ||
| Protective Services or the commissioner's designee; | ||
| (4) the public safety director of the Department of | ||
| Public Safety or the director's designee; | ||
| (5) one representative from each of the following | ||
| state agencies, appointed by the chief administrative officer of | ||
| the respective agency: | ||
| (A) the Texas Workforce Commission; | ||
| (B) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; | ||
| (C) the Parks and Wildlife Department; and | ||
| (D) the Texas Department of Licensing and | ||
| Regulation; and | ||
| (6) one representative of any other state agency | ||
| appointed by the chief administrative officer of the agency, if the | ||
| human trafficking prevention task force established under Section | ||
| 402.035 and the council determine that a representative from the | ||
| state agency is a necessary member of the council. | ||
| (d) The presiding officer of the council is the attorney | ||
| general or the attorney general's designee. | ||
| (e) For each five-year period, the council shall: | ||
| (1) develop and implement a strategic plan for | ||
| preventing human trafficking in this state; and | ||
| (2) submit the strategic plan to the legislature. | ||
| (f) The strategic plan must include: | ||
| (1) an inventory of human trafficking prevention | ||
| programs and services in this state that are administered by state | ||
| agencies, including institutions of higher education, and | ||
| political subdivisions; | ||
| (2) regarding the programs and services described by | ||
| Subdivision (1): | ||
| (A) a report on the number of persons served by | ||
| the programs and services; and | ||
| (B) a plan to coordinate the programs and | ||
| services to achieve the following goals: | ||
| (i) eliminate redundancy; | ||
| (ii) ensure the agencies' use of best | ||
| practices in preventing human trafficking; and | ||
| (iii) identify and collect data regarding | ||
| the efficacy of the programs and services; and | ||
| (3) in relation to the goals for programs and services | ||
| as described by Subdivision (2)(B), a plan to coordinate the | ||
| expenditure of state funds allocated to prevent human trafficking | ||
| in this state, including the expenditure of state funds by the human | ||
| trafficking prevention task force established under Section | ||
| 402.035. | ||
| (g) Not later than December 1 of each year, beginning with | ||
| the year following the year the council submits a strategic plan to | ||
| the legislature under Subsection (e)(2), the council shall submit | ||
| to the legislature an annual report detailing the progress of the | ||
| strategic plan's implementation. The annual report must include: | ||
| (1) a description of the level of participation in the | ||
| strategic plan by each agency represented on the council and how the | ||
| implementation of the strategic plan serves to coordinate the | ||
| programs and services described by Subsection (f)(1) and achieve | ||
| the goals described by Subsection (f)(2)(B); and | ||
| (2) an update of the inventory of programs and | ||
| services described by Subsection (f)(1) and how each program or | ||
| service furthers the goals of the strategic plan. | ||
| (h) The office of the attorney general shall make available | ||
| on the office's Internet website the strategic plan and the annual | ||
| reports required under Subsection (g). | ||
| SECTION 2. Not later than May 1, 2020, the human | ||
| trafficking prevention coordinating council shall submit to the | ||
| legislature the five-year strategic plan required by Section | ||
| 402.034(e), Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 72 passed the Senate on | ||
| March 27, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 72 passed the House on | ||
| May 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, two present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
