S.B. No. 2429
 
 
 
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)  clear the entry in the national crime information
center database; and
             (2)  notify the National Missing and Unidentified
Persons System.
       SECTION 4.  Subchapter A, Chapter 63, Code of Criminal
Procedure, is amended by adding Article 63.00905 to read as
follows:
 

Statutes affected:
Introduced: Occupations Code 1701.253 (Occupations Code 1701)
Senate Committee Report: Occupations Code 1701.253 (Occupations Code 1701)
Engrossed: Occupations Code 1701.253 (Occupations Code 1701)
House Committee Report: Occupations Code 1701.253 (Occupations Code 1701)
Enrolled: Occupations Code 1701.253 (Occupations Code 1701)