Tex. Gov't Code § 411.383 · Subchapter M. SILVER ALERT FOR MISSING SENIOR CITIZENS AND PERSONS WITH ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE
ADMINISTRATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The director is the statewide coordinator of the alert.
(b) The director shall adopt rules and issue directives as necessary to ensure proper implementation of the alert. The rules and directives must include:
(1) the procedures to be used by a local law enforcement agency to verify whether a person reported missing is a senior citizen with an impaired mental condition or a person with Alzheimer's disease and whether the person's location is unknown;
(2) a description of the circumstances under which a local law enforcement agency is required to report a missing senior citizen or person with Alzheimer's disease to the department; and
(3) the procedures to be used by an individual or entity to report information about a missing senior citizen or person with Alzheimer's disease to designated media outlets in Texas.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 69 (S.B. 1315), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 489 (H.B. 2639), Sec. 4, eff. June 9, 2017.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.411.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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