2023 Texas Statutes › Government Code › Title 4 - Executive Branch › Subtitle A - Executive Officers › Chapter 402 - Attorney General › Subchapter B. Duties › Section 402.034. Human Trafficking Prevention Coordinating Council

Sec. 402.034.  HUMAN TRAFFICKING PREVENTION COORDINATING COUNCIL.  (a)  In this section, "council" means the human trafficking prevention coordinating council.
(b)  The office of the attorney general shall establish the human trafficking prevention coordinating council to develop and implement a five-year strategic plan for preventing human trafficking in this state.
(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)  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;
(D)  the Texas Department of Licensing and Regulation;
(E)  the Texas Education Agency; and
(F)  the Texas Department of Transportation; and
(6)  one representative of any other state agency appointed by the chief administrative officer of the agency, if the council determines that a representative from the state agency is a necessary member of the council.
(d)  The presiding officer of the council is the attorney general or the attorney general's designee.
(e)  For each five-year period, the council shall:
(1)  develop and implement a strategic plan for preventing human trafficking in this state; and
(2)  submit the strategic plan to the legislature.
(f)  The strategic plan must include:
(1)  an inventory of human trafficking prevention programs and services in this state that are administered by state agencies, including an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, or a private college or university that receives state funds;
(2)  regarding the programs and services described by Subdivision (1):
(A)  a report on the number of persons served by the programs and services; and
(B)  a plan to coordinate the programs and services to achieve the following goals:
(i)  eliminate redundancy;
(ii)  ensure the agencies' use of best practices in preventing human trafficking; and
(iii)  identify and collect data regarding the efficacy of the programs and services; and
(3)  in relation to the goals for programs and services as described by Subdivision (2)(B), a plan to coordinate the expenditure of state funds allocated to prevent human trafficking in this state, including the expenditure of state funds by the human trafficking prevention task force established under Section 402.035.
(g)  Not later than December 1 of each even-numbered year, the council shall submit to the legislature a report detailing the progress of the strategic plan's implementation.  The report must include:
(1)  a description of the level of participation in the strategic plan by each agency represented on the council and how the implementation of the strategic plan serves to coordinate the programs and services described by Subsection (f)(1) and achieve the goals described by Subsection (f)(2)(B); and
(2)  an update of the inventory of programs and services described by Subsection (f)(1) that further the goals of the strategic plan.
(h)  The office of the attorney general shall make available on the office's Internet website the strategic plan and the report required under Subsection (g).
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 66 (S.B. 72), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 856 (S.B. 800), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 93 (S.B. 1527), Sec. 1.01, eff. September 1, 2023.