{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-414.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 414.012","heading":"STATEWIDE CRIME REPORTING SYSTEMS.","body":"The council shall establish a free statewide telephone service and other appropriate systems to allow tips under Section 414.0015(a) to be submitted to the council and shall make the telephone service and other reporting systems accessible at all times to persons residing in areas of the state not served by a crime stoppers organization. The council shall forward any information it receives to appropriate crime stoppers organizations, law enforcement agencies, school districts, or open-enrollment charter schools.\nAdded 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.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 707 (H.B. 3690), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172 (H.B. 3316), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION","CHAPTER 414. TEXAS CRIME STOPPERS COUNCIL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.414.htm#414.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"26c5db78f51b6ab6d0802c21385c55a748df6e05887b3afb17847e7723e6577f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-414.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-414.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}