TITLE: Relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force.

SUMMARY: Relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force.

FULL TEXT:
AN ACT relating to the composition of the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force. BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: SECTION 1. Section 772.0064(d), Government Code, is amended to read as follows: (d) The task force is composed of the following members: (1) the governor or the governor's designee; (2) a representative of each state agency that has duties relating to the prevention, investigation, or prosecution of sexual assault or other sex offenses or provides services to survivors, including: (A) the office of the attorney general; (B) the Health and Human Services Commission; and (C) the Department of Family and Protective Services; (3) the executive director of the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement or the executive director's designee; (4) the presiding officer of the Texas Forensic Science Commission or the presiding officer's designee; (5) the division director of the law enforcement support division of the Texas Department of Public Safety with authority over the Crime Laboratory Service or the division director's designee; (6) the president of the Texas Association of Crime Laboratory Directors or the president's designee; (7) the president of the Texas District and County Attorney's Association or the president's designee; (8) the president of the Texas Emergency Nurses Association or the president's designee; (9) the president of the International Association of Forensic Nurses Texas Chapter or the president's designee; (10) [(9)] the president of the statewide organization described by Section 264.409, Family Code, or the president's designee; (11) [(10)] the president of the state sexual assault coalition, as defined by Section 420.003, or the president's designee; (12) [(11)] a representative from a law enforcement agency appointed by the steering committee described by Subsection (c); (13) [(12)] a sexual assault nurse examiner appointed by the steering committee described by Subsection (c) to represent the interests of health care facilities that perform sexual assault forensic exams; (14) [(13)] an adult survivor of child sexual abuse or the parent or guardian of a survivor of child sexual abuse; (15) [(14)] a survivor of adult sexual assault; and (16) [(15)] other members considered appropriate by the steering committee described by Subsection (c). SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.