TITLE: Relating to the composition of the Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council.

SUMMARY: Relating to the composition of the Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the composition of the Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 402.034(c), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (c) The council is composed of the following: (1) the governor or the governor's designee; (2) the attorney general or the attorney general's designee; (3) the commissioner of the Department of Family and Protective Services or the commissioner's designee; (4) the public safety director of the Department of Public Safety or the director's designee; (5) the commissioner of education or the commissioner's designee; (6) one representative from each of the following state agencies, appointed by the chief administrative officer of the respective agency: (A) the Texas Workforce Commission; (B) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; (C) the Parks and Wildlife Department; and (D) the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation; and (7) [(6)] one representative of any other state agency appointed by the chief administrative officer of the agency, if the human trafficking prevention task force established under Section 402.035 and the council determine that a representative from the state agency is a necessary member of the council. SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.