TITLE: Relating to the expansion of the statewide program to prevent and detect certain offenses.

SUMMARY: Relating to the expansion of the statewide program to prevent and detect certain offenses.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the expansion of the statewide program to prevent and detect certain offenses. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 411.02095(a)(1)(B), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: Sec. 411.02095. STATEWIDE PROGRAM FOR THE PREVENTION AND DETECTION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL OFFENSES. (a) The department may establish a program throughout this state for preventing and detecting: (1) the unlawful possession or the unlawful and imminent movement or transfer between this state and an adjacent state or the United Mexican States of: (A) firearms, in violation of Section 46.14, Penal Code; (B) controlled substances, in violation of Chapter 481, Health and Safety Code or violations of Section 801.251, Occupations Code;or (C) currency, in violation of Section 34.02, Penal Code; and (2) the commission or imminent commission of the offenses of smuggling of persons under Section 20.05, Penal Code, and trafficking of persons under Section 20A.02, Penal Code, occurring in this state or involving travel between this state and an adjacent state or the United Mexican States. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.