Sec. 414.012. TOLL-FREE TELEPHONE SERVICE. The council shall establish and operate a toll-free telephone service and make the service accessible to persons residing in areas of the state not served by a crime stoppers organization for reporting to the council information about criminal acts. The toll-free service must be available between the hours of 5 p.m. and 8 a.m. Monday through Thursday and from 5 p.m. Friday until 8 a.m. Monday. The council shall forward the information received to appropriate law enforcement agencies or crime stoppers organization.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 807, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 700, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1560, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999.
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