Texas § CR.67.304 - DUTIES OF TASK FORCE

§ CR.67.304. DUTIES OF TASK FORCE

DUTIES OF TASK FORCE. (a) The task force shall focus its efforts on: (1) developing, through regional task force meetings, a statewide networking system that will provide timely access to gang information; (2) establishing communication between different criminal justice, juvenile justice, and correctional agencies, combining independent agency resources, and joining agencies together in a cooperative effort to focus on gang membership, gang activity, and gang migration trends; and (3) forming a working group of criminal justice, juvenile justice, and correctional representatives from throughout this state to discuss specific cases and investigations involving gangs and other related gang activities. (b) The task force may take any other actions necessary to accomplish the purposes of this subchapter. (c) If practicable, the task force shall consult with representatives from one or more United States attorneys' offices in this state and with representatives from the following federal agencies who are available and assigned to a duty station in this state: (1) the Federal Bureau of Investigation; (2) the Federal Bureau of Prisons; (3) the United States Drug Enforcement Administration; (4) United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement; (5) United States Customs and Border Protection; (6) the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives; (7) the United States Marshals Service; and (8) the United States Probation and Pretrial Services System. Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931 ), Sec. 1.04, eff. January 1, 2019.