Texas § GV.402.0353 - STATEWIDE HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATA REPOSITORY
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§ GV.402.0353. STATEWIDE HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATA REPOSITORY
STATEWIDE HUMAN TRAFFICKING DATA REPOSITORY; ANNUAL REPORT. (a) The office of the attorney general shall establish a statewide human trafficking data repository to collect, organize, and analyze human trafficking information reported to the office under Section 402.0352 in a manner that enables the office, in collaboration with the human trafficking prevention coordinating council established under Section 402.034 , to: (1) evaluate the efficacy of state-funded initiatives that aim to reduce the occurrence of human trafficking in this state; (2) make recommendations to appropriate local law enforcement agencies, state agencies, and other entities regarding the implementation of rules, regulations, or policies which may better allow each entity to: (A) combat human trafficking; (B) apprehend and prosecute persons suspected of committing criminal offenses involving human trafficking; and (C) provide necessary services to victims of human trafficking; and (3) make recommendations to improve the efficacy of the human trafficking prevention task force under Section 402.035 . (b) Information stored in the data repository established under this section may not contain personal identifying information relating to: (1) a person suspected of committing an offense involving human trafficking; (2) a suspected or known victim of human trafficking; or (3) any other individual identified in the information shared with the office of the attorney general under Section 402.0352 . (c) For purposes of establishing and maintaining the data repository established under this section, the attorney general may contract with a third party that has experience working with human trafficking data and is: (1) a public or private institution of higher education; or (2) a nonprofit organization. (d) The attorney general shall submit the attorney general's findings and recommendations based on the information collected, organized, and analyzed using the data repository established under this section to the human trafficking prevention task force for inclusion in the report required under Section 402.035 (g). Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 250 (H.B. 1778 ), Sec. 1.07, eff. September 1, 2025.
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