Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 414.004. DIRECTOR. The executive director of the criminal justice division of the governor's office, with input from the council, shall designate a person to serve as director. The executive director shall consult with the council to define the director's authority and respo…

Sec. 414.005. DUTIES. 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…

Sec. 414.006. RULES. The council may adopt rules to carry out its functions under this chapter. The rules adopted by the council shall not conflict with rules relating to grants adopted by the criminal justice division of the governor's office. Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec.…

Sec. 414.007. CONFIDENTIALITY OF CRIME STOPPERS RECORDS. A record relating to a tip received under Section 414.0015(a) maintained by the council, a crime stoppers organization, a law enforcement agency, a school district, or an open-enrollment charter school, including the identi…

Sec. 414.008. PRIVILEGED INFORMATION. (a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, evidence relating to a communication between a person submitting a tip under Section 414.0015(a) and a person who accepted the tip under that subsection is not admissible in a court or an admi…

Sec. 414.009. MISUSE OF INFORMATION. (a) A person who is a member or employee of the council, a crime stoppers organization, a law enforcement agency, a school district, or an open-enrollment charter school or who accepts a tip under Section 414.0015(a) on behalf of the council o…

Sec. 414.010. PAYMENTS FROM DEFENDANTS ON COMMUNITY SUPERVISION; REWARD REPAYMENTS. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a crime stoppers organization certified by the council to receive money in the form of payments from defendants placed on community supervision under Chap…

Sec. 414.011. CERTIFICATION OF ORGANIZATIONS TO RECEIVE PAYMENTS AND REWARD REPAYMENTS. (a) The council shall, on application by a crime stoppers organization, determine whether the organization is qualified to receive repayments of rewards under Articles 37.073 and 42.152, Code …

Sec. 414.012. STATEWIDE CRIME REPORTING SYSTEMS. 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 ac…

Sec. 414.013. IMMUNITY FROM CIVIL LIABILITY. (a) A person who submits to the council or a crime stoppers organization a tip under Section 414.0015(a) is immune from civil liability for damages resulting from the submission unless the submission was: (1) intentionally, wilfully, o…