Tex. Gov't Code § 414.001 · Chapter 414. TEXAS CRIME STOPPERS COUNCIL
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Council" means the Texas Crime Stoppers Council.
(2) "Crime stoppers organization" means:
(A) a private, nonprofit organization that is operated on a local or statewide level, that accepts donations and expends funds for rewards to persons who submit tips under Section 414.0015(a), and that forwards the information received from tips to the appropriate law enforcement agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school as provided by Section 414.0015(b); or
(B) a public organization that is operated on a local or statewide level, that pays rewards to persons who submit tips under Section 414.0015(a), and that forwards the information received from tips to the appropriate law enforcement agency, school district, or open-enrollment charter school as provided by Section 414.0015(b).
(3) "Open-enrollment charter school" means a school that has been granted a charter under Subchapter D, Chapter 12, Education Code.
(4) "School district" means a public school district created under the laws of this state.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 700, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1560, Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 168 (H.B. 590), Sec. 2, eff. May 27, 2009.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1172 (H.B. 3316), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
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.414.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 37.073REPAYMENT OF REWARDS; FINES.Printed as Section 414.001, Government Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.301BASIC DISCRETIONARY CONDITIONS.Printed as Section 414.001, Government Code
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 102.013COURT COSTS; CRIME STOPPERS ASSISTANCE ACCOUNT.Printed as Section 414.001, Government Code
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