81R7118 JSC-D
By: Driver H.B. No. 2798
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to information provided by an entity authorized to
commission, appoint, or employ law enforcement officers upon
creation of a law enforcement agency or a police department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
amended by adding Section 1701.162 to read as follows:
Sec. 1701.162. INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COMMISSIONING
ENTITIES. (a) This section applies only to an entity authorized by
statute or by the constitution to create a law enforcement agency or
police department and commission, appoint, or employ officers that
first creates a law enforcement agency or police department and
first begins to commission, appoint, or employ officers on or after
September 1, 2009.
(b) The entity shall submit to the commission on creation of
the law enforcement agency or police department information
regarding:
(1) the need for the law enforcement agency or police
department in the community;
(2) the funding sources for the law enforcement agency
or police department;
(3) the physical resources available to officers;
(4) the physical facilities which the law enforcement
agency or police department will operate, including descriptions of
the evidence room, dispatch area, and public area;
(5) law enforcement policies of the law enforcement
agency or police department, including policies on:
(A) use of force;
(B) vehicle pursuit;
(C) professional conduct of officers;
(D) domestic abuse protocols;
(E) response to missing persons;
(F) supervision of part-time officers; and
(G) impartial policing;
(6) the administrative structure of the law
enforcement agency or police department;
(7) liability insurance; and
(8) any other information the commission requires by
rule.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.