Sec. 414.005. DUTIES. The council shall:
(1) encourage, advise, and assist in the creation of crime stoppers organizations;
(2) foster the detection of crime and encourage persons to report information about criminal acts;
(3) encourage news and other media to broadcast reenactments and to inform the public of the functions of crime stoppers organizations' operations and programs;
(4) promote the process of crime stoppers organizations to forward information about criminal acts to the appropriate law enforcement agencies;
(5) help law enforcement agencies detect and combat crime by increasing the flow of information to and between law enforcement agencies;
(6) create specialized programs targeted at detecting specific crimes or types of crimes, including at least one program that:
(A) encourages individuals to report sex offenders who have failed to register under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(B) encourages individuals to report criminal activity relating to the trafficking of persons, as described under Chapter 20A, Penal Code; and
(C) financially rewards each individual who makes a report described by Paragraph (A) or (B) that leads or substantially contributes to the arrest or apprehension:
(i) of a sex offender who has failed to register under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(ii) of a person suspected of engaging in conduct that constitutes an offense under Chapter 20A, Penal Code; and
(7) encourage, advise, and assist crime stoppers organizations in implementing any programs created under Subdivision (6), including a program specifically described by Subdivision (6).
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 700, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1560, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291 (S.B. 6), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 900 (H.B. 1120), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.
Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1351 (S.B. 1356), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2013.
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