Bill Text: TX SB1483 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the creation of a retail theft investigation unit in the Department of Public Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-16 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1483 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SB1483-Introduced.html
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| By: Creighton, King | S.B. No. 1483 | |
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| relating to the creation of a retail theft investigation unit in the | ||
| Department of Public Safety. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 411.0093 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 411.0093. RETAIL THEFT INVESTIGATION UNIT. (a) A | ||
| retail theft investigation unit is created within the department to | ||
| investigate and arrest individuals determined to have committed | ||
| retail theft and organized retail theft. | ||
| (b) The unit shall: | ||
| (1) on request, assist local law enforcement agencies | ||
| and prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of retail | ||
| theft and organized retail theft committed in this state; and | ||
| (2) investigate organized retail theft committed in | ||
| this state by combinations and criminal street gangs, as those | ||
| terms are defined by Section 71.01, Penal Code. | ||
| (c) The unit may accept and use evidence of retail theft or | ||
| organized retail theft submitted by victims and other informants | ||
| for the purpose of investigating those offenses. | ||
| SECTION 2. The Department of Public Safety is required to | ||
| implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature | ||
| appropriates money specifically for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
