Sec. 411.4506. NOTIFICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF MISSING MILITARY MEMBER. (a) A law enforcement agency shall notify the department if the agency:
(1) receives a report regarding a missing military member who is determined by the agency to be a participant in the alert system;
(2) verifies that at the time the military member is reported missing:
(A) the person reported missing is a military member;
(B) the military member's location is unknown; and
(C) the military member suffers from a mental illness, including post-traumatic stress disorder, or a traumatic brain injury; and
(3) determines that the military member's disappearance poses a credible threat to the military member's health and safety or the health and safety of another.
(b) A law enforcement agency shall verify the information required by Subsection (a)(2) and make the determination required by Subsection (a)(3) as soon as practicable after the agency receives a report regarding a missing military member.
(c) In verifying that the military member suffers from a mental illness, including post-traumatic stress disorder, or a traumatic brain injury as required by Subsection (a)(2)(C), the law enforcement agency shall require the family or legal guardian of the military member to provide documentation of the illness or injury.
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 220 (H.B. 833), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Redesignated from Government Code, Subchapter Q, Chapter 411 by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 21.001(14), eff. September 1, 2021.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subtitle B - Law Enforcement and Public Protection
Chapter 411 - Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas
Subchapter P. -1. Camo Alert for Missing Military Members
Section 411.4502. Camo Alert for Missing Military Members
Section 411.4503. Administration
Section 411.4504. Department to Recruit Participants
Section 411.4505. State Agencies
Section 411.4506. Notification to Department of Missing Military Member
Section 411.4507. Activation of Camo Alert
Section 411.4508. Content of Camo Alert
Section 411.4509. Termination of Camo Alert
Section 411.4510. Limitation on Participation by Texas Department of Transportation