88(R) HB 4975 - Introduced version - Bill Text
  88R11916 MCF-F
 
  By:  Klick H.B.  No.  4975
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to reporting procedures and training programs for law
  enforcement agencies regarding missing children and missing
  persons.
               BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
               SECTION  1.    Article 2.13(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, is
  amended to read as follows:
               (c)    It is the duty of every officer to take possession of a
  child under Article 63.00905(g) [63.009(g)].
               SECTION  2.    The heading to Article 63.009, Code of Criminal
  Procedure, is amended to read as follows:
               Art.  63.009.    LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS GENERALLY.
               SECTION  3.    Articles 63.009(a), (d), and (f), Code of
  Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
               (a)    A law enforcement agency, on receiving a report of a
  [missing child or] missing person, shall:
                           (1)    [if the subject of the report is a child and the
  child is at a high risk of harm or is otherwise in danger or] if the
  subject of the report is a person who is known by the agency to have
  or is reported to have chronic dementia, including Alzheimer's
  dementia, whether caused by illness, brain defect, or brain injury,
  immediately start an investigation in order to determine the
  present location of the [child or] person;
                           (2)    if the subject of the report is a [child or] person
  other than a [child or] person described by Subdivision (1), start
  an investigation with due diligence in order to determine the
  present location of the [child or] person;
                           (3)    immediately, but not later than two hours after
  receiving the report, enter the name of the [child or] person into
  the clearinghouse and the national crime information center missing
  person file if the [child or] person meets the center's criteria,
  and report that name to the Alzheimer's Association Safe Return
  emergency response center if applicable, with all available
  identifying features such as dental records, fingerprints, other
  physical characteristics, and a description of the clothing worn
  when last seen, and all available information describing any person
  reasonably believed to have taken or retained the [missing child
  or] missing person;
                           (4)    not later than the 60th day after the date the
  agency receives the report, enter the name of the [child or] person
  into the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, with all
  available identifying features such as dental records,
  fingerprints, other physical characteristics, and a description of
  the clothing worn when last seen, and all available information
  describing any person reasonably believed to have taken or retained
  the [missing child or] missing person; and
                           (5)    inform the person who filed the report of the
  [missing child or] missing person that the information will be:
                                       (A)    entered into the clearinghouse, the national
  crime information center missing person file, and the National
  Missing and Unidentified Persons System; and
                                       (B)    reported to the Alzheimer's Association Safe
  Return emergency response center if applicable.
               (d)    If a local law enforcement agency investigating a report
  of a [missing child or] missing person obtains a warrant for the
  arrest of a person for taking or retaining the [missing child or]
  missing person, the local law enforcement agency shall immediately
  enter the name and other descriptive information of the person into
  the national crime information center wanted person file if the
  person meets the center's criteria. The local law enforcement
  agency shall also enter all available identifying features,
  including dental records, fingerprints, and other physical
  characteristics of the [missing child or] missing person. The
  information shall be cross-referenced with the information in the
  national crime information center missing person file.
               (f)    Immediately after the return of a [missing child or]
  missing person or the identification of an unidentified body, the
  local law enforcement agency having jurisdiction of the
  investigation shall:
                           (1)    cl

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Occupations Code 1701.253 (Occupations Code 1701)