Sec. 414.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:
(1) "Council" means the Texas Crime Stoppers Council.
(2) "Crime stoppers organization" means:
(A) a private, nonprofit organization that is operated on a local or statewide level, that accepts and expends donations for rewards to persons who report to the organization information about criminal activity and that forwards the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency; or
(B) a public organization that is operated on a local or statewide level, that pays rewards to persons who report to the organization information about criminal activity, and that forwards the information to the appropriate law enforcement agency.
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 700, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1560, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 168 (H.B. 590), Sec. 2, eff. May 27, 2009.
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