85R6596 MCK-F     By: Blanco H.B. No. 1203       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a requirement that certain state agencies report on   border security operations.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Chapter 322, Government Code, is amended by   adding Section 322.025 to read as follows:          Sec. 322.025.  REPORT ON BORDER SECURITY OPERATIONS.  (a)  In   this section:                (1)  "Border security" means the activities in a   reportable county associated with deterring crimes and enforcing   state laws related to:                      (A)  an offense under Chapters 19, 20, 20A, 22,   34, 36, 46, and 71, Penal Code, that is punishable as a felony of the   third degree or higher;                      (B)  an offense under Chapter 481, Health and   Safety Code, that is punishable as a felony of the third degree or   higher;                      (C)  an offense under Section 31.03, Penal Code,   in which the actor obtained another person's property by using   actual or threatened force, violence, or fear or under the color of   official right;                      (D)  any offense that is coordinated with or   related to activities or crimes that occur or are committed in the   United Mexican States; or                      (E)  any offense for which the state receives   federal money to enhance law enforcement efforts relating to the   offense.                (2)  "Reportable county" means a county:                      (A)  adjacent to or a portion of which is located   within 20 miles of an international border;                      (B)  adjacent to two counties located on an   international border with a population of more than 5,000 and less   than 7,500 according to the most recent decennial census;                      (C)  adjacent to the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway,   as defined by Section 51.002, Transportation Code; or                      (D)  with a population of more than 1 million.          (b)  The Department of Public Safety, Texas Military   Department, Parks and Wildlife Department, trusteed programs   within the office of the governor, Texas Department of Criminal   Justice, and any other state agency designated by the board shall   report to the board twice each state fiscal year of the fiscal   biennium ending August 31, 2019, the following:                (1)  the amount of money the agency budgeted for border   security and the amount of money the agency spent on border security   during the reporting period in each reportable county and   statewide;                (2)  the method of finance for budgeted and expended   amounts;                (3)  the object of expense for budgeted and expended   amounts;                (4)  the amount of money the agency spent on employee   salaries during the reporting period for duties related to border   security, including regular and overtime pay, in each reportable   county and statewide;                (5)  the agency's performance related to border   security during the reporting period in each reportable county and   statewide including:                      (A)  the arrest rates measuring the number of   arrests by the agency in the state fiscal year compared to an   average of the number of arrests in the immediately preceding five   state fiscal years for human trafficking, illicit drug   transportation or smuggling, stolen vehicles used in illicit drug   transportation or smuggling, smuggling of persons, and organized   crime;                      (B)  an illicit drugs seizure rate measuring the   amount and type of illicit drugs seized by the agency in the state   fiscal year compared to an average of the amount and type of illicit   drugs seized by the agency for the immediately preceding five   state fiscal years;                      (C)  the total number and an itemized list of   illicit drug interdictions in trafficking quantities by the agency;                      (D)  the total number and an itemized list of   currency seizures connected to organized crime arrests with amounts   of currency by the agency; and                      (E)  a currency seizure rate measuring the amount   of currency seized by the agency in the state fiscal year compared   to an average of the amount of currency seized by the agency for the   immediately preceding five state fiscal years; and                (6)  any other information relating to the agency's   border security operations that the board may require.          (c)  A state agency required by Subsection (b) to report   information to the board shall submit information for the first   half of a state fiscal year not later than March 31 of that year and   information for the second half of a state fiscal year not later   than September 30 of that year. The state agency shall submit the   information in the manner prescribed by the board.          (d)  This section expires January 1, 2020.          SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.