Bill Text: TX HB3154 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the establishment of a human trafficking and child pornography unit within the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-13 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB3154 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HB3154-Introduced.html
86R14304 TSS-D | ||
By: Parker | H.B. No. 3154 |
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relating to the establishment of a human trafficking and child | ||
pornography unit within the Department of Public Safety of the | ||
State of Texas. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 411.02096 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 411.02096. HUMAN TRAFFICKING AND CHILD PORNOGRAPHY | ||
UNIT. (a) In this section: | ||
(1) "Child pornography" means conduct that | ||
constitutes an offense under Section 43.26, Penal Code. | ||
(2) "Human trafficking" means conduct that | ||
constitutes an offense under Section 20A.02, Penal Code. | ||
(3) "Unit" means the human trafficking and child | ||
pornography unit established by this section. | ||
(b) A human trafficking and child pornography unit is | ||
created within the department to investigate and combat human | ||
trafficking and child pornography. | ||
(c) The unit shall collaborate with federal and local law | ||
enforcement agencies to investigate human trafficking and child | ||
pornography and arrest persons determined to have engaged in human | ||
trafficking or child pornography. | ||
(d) The department may adopt rules as necessary to implement | ||
this section. | ||
(e) The director may transfer the resources dedicated to the | ||
unit to other programs within the department if the director | ||
determines that incidents of human trafficking and child | ||
pornography have decreased throughout the state to such an extent | ||
that the resources would better serve the interests of public | ||
safety if otherwise employed. The director shall notify the | ||
legislature at least 180 days before making the transfer under this | ||
subsection. | ||
SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2020, the Department | ||
of Public Safety of the State of Texas shall establish the human | ||
trafficking and child pornography unit under Section 411.02096, | ||
Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |