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| 1 | 1 | 81R2940 JSC-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Martinez Fischer H.B. No. 759 | |
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| 4 | 4 | ||
| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the creation of a hotline to report suspected incidents | |
| 8 | 8 | of impaired driving or dangerous driving. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended by adding Section 411.053 to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Sec. 411.053. IMPAIRED OR DANGEROUS DRIVING HOTLINE. (a) | |
| 13 | 13 | The department shall develop and operate a 24-hour-a-day hotline | |
| 14 | 14 | for persons to report incidents of suspected driving while | |
| 15 | 15 | intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol, controlled | |
| 16 | 16 | substances, or drugs and dangerous driving to the department. | |
| 17 | 17 | (b) The hotline must enable a person to report an incident | |
| 18 | 18 | described by Subsection (a) to the department by: | |
| 19 | 19 | (1) calling a toll-free telephone number; | |
| 20 | 20 | (2) using an Internet website; or | |
| 21 | 21 | (3) using other means of electronic communication, | |
| 22 | 22 | including: | |
| 23 | 23 | (A) e-mail message transmission; or | |
| 24 | 24 | (B) text messaging. | |
| 25 | 25 | (c) The department, as soon as practicable, shall forward a | |
| 26 | 26 | report received on the hotline to the municipal police department | |
| 27 | 27 | or sheriff's office with jurisdiction over the matter. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |