Texas Government Code Title 7, Chapter 772 - Governmental Planning
SUBCHAPTER A PLANNING ENTITIES
- Texas Section 772.001 - Planning As Governmental Purpose And Function
Planning is a governmental purpose and function of the state and agencies and political subdivisions of the state. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch....
- Texas Section 772.002 - Chief Planning Officer
The governor is the chief planning officer of the state. Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 38, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
- Texas Section 772.003 - Interagency Planning Councils
(a) The governor shall appoint interagency planning councils in functional areas of government, including natural resources, health, education, and other areas that may require coordinated...
- Texas Section 772.004 - Governor's Division Of Planning Coordination
(a) The governor shall establish a division of planning coordination within the governor's office. (b) The division shall coordinate the activities of the interagency planning...
- Texas Section 772.005 - Notification Of Planning Coordination Division By State Agency
A state agency shall notify the division of planning coordination of each application for federal grant or loan assistance before the agency submits the application....
- Texas Section 772.006 - Governor's Criminal Justice Division
(a) The governor shall establish a criminal justice division in the governor's office to: (1) advise and assist the governor in developing policies, plans, programs,...
- Texas Section 772.0061 - Specialty Courts Advisory Council
(a) In this section: (1) "Council" means the Specialty Courts Advisory Council. (2) "Specialty court" means: (A) a commercially sexually exploited persons court program established...
- Texas Section 772.0062 - Child Sex Trafficking Prevention Unit
(a) In this section: (1) "Child sex trafficking" means conduct prohibited under Section 20A.02(a)(7) or (8), Penal Code. (2) "Unit" means the Child Sex Trafficking...
- Texas Section 772.0063 - Governor's Program For Victims Of Child Sex Trafficking
(a) The governor shall establish and implement a program to provide comprehensive, individualized services to address the rehabilitation and treatment needs of child victims of...
- Texas Section 772.007 - Texas Anti-gang Grant Program
(a) The criminal justice division established under Section 772.006 shall administer a competitive grant program to support regional, multidisciplinary approaches to combat gang violence through...
- Texas Section 772.0071 - Prosecution Of Border Crime Grant Program
(a) In this section: Text of subdivision effective until January 01, 2017 (1) "Border crime" means any crime involving transnational criminal activity that undermines public...
- Texas Section 772.0072 - Missing Or Exploited Children Prevention Grants
(a) In this section, "nonprofit organization" means an organization exempt from federal income taxation under Section 501(a), Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as an organization...
- Texas Section 772.008 - Planning Assistance For Political Subdivisions
(a) The governor may, on request of the governing body of a political subdivision or the authorized agency of a group of political subdivisions: (1)...
- Texas Section 772.009 - Grant Assistance
(a) The director of the Governor's Office of Budget and Planning shall establish a state grant writing team. The grant writing team shall: (1) develop...
- Texas Section 772.010 - Border Commerce Coordinator
(a) The governor shall designate a border commerce coordinator in the governor's office or the office of the secretary of state as determined by the...
- Texas Section 772.0101 - Border Inspection, Trade, And Transportation Advisory Committee
(a) The border commerce coordinator shall establish and appoint the members of the Border Inspection, Trade, and Transportation Advisory Committee. The members must include representatives...
- Texas Section 772.0102 - Trade And Commerce Plan
(a) The border commerce coordinator shall develop, in conjunction with representatives of chambers of commerce, metropolitan planning organizations adjacent to the United Mexican States, and...
SUBCHAPTER B BORDER PROSECUTION UNIT
- Texas Section 772.011 - Interagency Work Group On Border Issues
(a) An interagency work group is created to: (1) develop or update a process to allow agencies to work together on issues that face border...
- Texas Section 772.051 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Border crime" and "border region" have the meanings assigned by Section 772.0071. (2) "Border prosecuting attorney" means a prosecuting attorney in...
- Texas Section 772.052 - General Function Of Border Prosecution Unit
The governor shall establish the border prosecution unit within the criminal justice division to cooperate with and support members of the unit in prosecuting border...
- Texas Section 772.053 - Membership
(a) The unit is composed of the following prosecuting attorneys: (1) the district attorney for the 34th Judicial District; (2) the district attorney for the...
- Texas Section 772.054 - Officers
(a) The unit, on a majority vote, shall elect from among its membership a presiding officer and an assistant presiding officer. (b) The presiding officer...
- Texas Section 772.055 - Reimbursement For Expenses
A member of the unit is not entitled to compensation for service on the unit but is entitled to be reimbursed for necessary expenses incurred...
- Texas Section 772.056 - Duties Of Unit
(a) The unit shall meet at least once annually to provide the governor, the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the...
- Texas Section 772.057 - Duties Of Regional Counsel
(a) An attorney employed by a border prosecuting attorney as regional counsel shall assist the border prosecuting attorneys and other regional counsel, as needed, in:...
- Texas Section 772.058 - Gifts And Grants
The criminal justice division may apply for and accept gifts, grants, and donations from any organization described in Section 501(c)(3) or (4) of the Internal...
Last modified: September 28, 2016