Bill Text: TX HB3771 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a study on the effectiveness of Operation Strong Safety.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2015-05-05 - Left pending in committee [HB3771 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB3771-Introduced.html
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| By: Blanco | H.B. No. 3771 | |
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| relating to a study on the effectiveness of Operation Strong | ||
| Safety. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. STUDY OF OPERATION STRONG SAFETY. The Homeland | ||
| Security Council shall conduct a study to evaluate the | ||
| effectiveness of Operation Strong Safety. | ||
| SECTION 2. SCOPE OF STUDY. (a) The study must: | ||
| (1) evaluate how effectively state financial | ||
| resources were used to address the threat of drug cartel crime along | ||
| the international border during the operation; | ||
| (2) evaluate how effectively state financial | ||
| resources are currently being used to address the threat of drug | ||
| cartel crime along the international border; | ||
| (3) compare the estimated amount of controlled | ||
| substances illegally transported across the border during | ||
| Operation Strong Safety with the amount of controlled substances | ||
| illegally transported across the border during a comparable period | ||
| immediately before the date the operation began; and | ||
| (4) compare the estimated number of firearms illegally | ||
| transported across the border during Operation Strong Safety with | ||
| the estimated number of firearms illegally transported across the | ||
| border during a comparable period immediately before the date the | ||
| operation began. | ||
| (b) In conducting the study, the Homeland Security Council | ||
| shall solicit input from and collaborate with: | ||
| (1) local law enforcement agencies and officials, | ||
| including county sheriffs' departments and local police | ||
| departments, on the best practices for improving state efforts to | ||
| combat drug and firearms trafficking; and | ||
| (2) to the extent feasible, the United States Border | ||
| Patrol. | ||
| SECTION 3. REPORT AND RECOMMENDATIONS. (a) The Homeland | ||
| Security Council shall issue a written report to the governor, the | ||
| lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of | ||
| representatives that includes the council's findings. | ||
| (b) The report must be issued not later than November 30, | ||
| 2016. | ||
| SECTION 4. EXPIRATION. This Act expires December 1, 2016. | ||
| SECTION 5. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect September | ||
| 1, 2015. | ||
