TX HB4301

Transfers the Financial Crimes Intelligence Center from the Occupations Code to the Government Code and expands its scope to include organized retail theft in addition to card fraud and skimmer-related crimes

Creates a new grant program to provide funding to law enforcement agencies and prosecutors for investigating and prosecuting organized retail theft, with eligibility based on demonstrated need and existing programs

Establishes a 15-member Organized Retail Theft Prevention Advisory Committee, including representatives from law enforcement agencies of varying city sizes, prosecutors, retail investigators, and experts in gift card fraud and financial information theft

Requires law enforcement agencies and prosecutors investigating organized retail theft, card fraud, cargo theft, mail theft, theft of service, or unauthorized financial information acquisition to cooperate with the center in sharing statistical data and intelligence upon request

Expands the definition of covered offenses to include cargo theft, mail theft, theft of service, organized retail theft, and unauthorized acquisition of financial information, with information collected by the center exempted from public disclosure requirements