By: Ogden S.B. No. 777
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to statistical information on the prosecution of certain
offenses relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while
intoxicated.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.049 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.049. REPORT RELATED TO CERTAIN INTOXICATION
OFFENSES. (a) The department shall compile and maintain
statistical information on the prosecution of offenses under
Chapter 49, Penal Code, relating to the operating of a motor vehicle
while intoxicated, including:
(1) the number of arrests;
(2) the number of arrests resulting in release with no
charges;
(3) the number of charges resulting in a plea of not
guilty and a trial;
(4) the number of charges resulting in a plea of guilty
or nolo contendere and, of those pleas, the number entered pursuant
to a plea agreement;
(5) the number of charges resulting in a conviction of
the offense charged in the original information, indictment,
complaint, or other charging instrument;
(6) the number of charges resulting in a conviction of
an offense having a lesser penalty than the offense charged in the
original information, indictment, complaint, or other charging
instrument; and
(7) the number of charges resulting in a dismissal.
(b) The department shall submit a report of the statistical
information covering the preceding calendar year to the legislature
not later than February 15 of each year.
(c) Each law enforcement agency that enforces Chapter 49,
Penal Code, and each appropriate prosecuting attorney's office and
court in this state shall report in the manner and on a form
prescribed by the department the information necessary for the
department to compile the information required by Subsection (a).
(d) The department may adopt rules to implement this
section.
SECTION 2. The Department of Public Safety of the State of
Texas shall submit the first report required by Subsection (b),
Section 411.049, Government Code, as added by this Act, not later
than February 15, 2011.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.