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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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GOVERNMENT CODE |
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Title 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH |
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Subtitle B. LAW ENFORCEMENT AND PUBLIC PROTECTION |
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Chapter 411. DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY OF THE STATE OF TEXAS |
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Subchapter M. SILVER ALERT FOR MISSING SENIOR CITIZENS |
Sec. 411.386. NOTIFICATION TO DEPARTMENT OF MISSING SENIOR CITIZEN
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(a) A local law enforcement agency may notify the department if the agency:
(1) receives notice of a missing senior citizen;
(2) verifies that at the time the senior citizen is reported missing:
(A) the person reported missing is 65 years of age or older;
(B) the senior citizen's location is unknown;
(C) the senior citizen's domicile is in Texas; and
(D) the senior citizen has an impaired mental condition; and
(3) determines that the senior citizen's disappearance poses a credible threat to the senior citizen's health and safety.
(b) The local law enforcement agency shall:
(1) require the family or legal guardian of the missing senior citizen to provide documentation of the senior citizen's impaired mental condition to verify the condition as required by Subsection (a)(2)(D); and
(2) as soon as practicable, determine whether the senior citizen's disappearance poses a credible threat to the senior citizen's health and safety for purposes of Subsection (a)(3).