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 submit tips under Section 414.0015(a);(3) encourage news and other media 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 from tips submitted under Section 414.0015(a) to the appropriate law enforcement agencies, school districts, and open-enrollment charter schools;(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 identified as priorities by the council, including at least one program that: (A) encourages individuals to submit tips regarding sex offenders who have failed to register under Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure;(B) encourages individuals to submit tips regarding criminal activity relating to the trafficking of persons, as described under Chapter 20A, Penal Code; and(C) financially rewards each individual who submits a tip 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;(7) encourage, advise, and assist crime stoppers organizations in implementing any programs created under Subdivision (6), including a program specifically described by Subdivision (6); and(8) encourage, advise, and assist in the creation of campus-based crime stoppers organizations to increase the detection of criminal activity and other conduct or threatened conduct that may be submitted to a crime stoppers organization under Section 414.0015(a).Tex. Gov't. Code § 414.005
Amended by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 1172,Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2019.Amended by Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 1351,Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2013.Amended by Acts 2013, Texas Acts of the 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 900,Sec. 1, eff. 6/14/2013.Amended By Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1291, Sec. 5, eff. 9/1/2007.Amended By Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1560, Sec. 1, eff. 6/19/1999.Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 700, Sec. 4, eff. 9/1/1997 Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.