| 1 | 1 | | 84R4517 JRR-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Giddings H.B. No. 1808 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the use of and training for incident-based reporting of |
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| 8 | 8 | | information and statistics concerning criminal offenses committed |
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| 9 | 9 | | in this state. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Section 411.042, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 12 | 12 | | adding Subsection (k) to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (k) The department shall publish and periodically update on |
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| 14 | 14 | | the department's Internet website incident-based information and |
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| 15 | 15 | | statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in this state. |
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| 16 | 16 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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| 17 | 17 | | amended by adding Section 411.054 to read as follows: |
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| 18 | 18 | | Sec. 411.054. INCIDENT-BASED CRIME STATISTICS REPORTING |
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| 19 | 19 | | PLAN. (a) The department shall develop a plan for implementing and |
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| 20 | 20 | | expanding the use of an incident-based reporting system by state |
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| 21 | 21 | | and local law enforcement agencies to report information and |
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| 22 | 22 | | statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in this state. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) The plan described by Subsection (a) must: |
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| 24 | 24 | | (1) build on available experience and infrastructure |
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| 25 | 25 | | for reporting information and statistics concerning criminal |
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| 26 | 26 | | offenses; |
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| 27 | 27 | | (2) identify additional resource needs for |
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| 28 | 28 | | implementing and expanding the use of an incident-based reporting |
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| 29 | 29 | | system; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (3) contain input from stakeholders, including other |
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| 31 | 31 | | law enforcement agencies and law enforcement associations, |
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| 32 | 32 | | advocacy groups, and academic institutions; |
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| 33 | 33 | | (4) contain outreach strategies to educate the public |
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| 34 | 34 | | on the differences between a summary reporting system and an |
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| 35 | 35 | | incident-based reporting system; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (5) contain measures to track the progress and success |
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| 37 | 37 | | in this state of any incident-based reporting by state and local law |
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| 38 | 38 | | enforcement agencies to the National Incident-Based Reporting |
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| 39 | 39 | | System of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau |
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| 40 | 40 | | of Investigation, the Texas Incident-Based Reporting System of the |
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| 41 | 41 | | department, or a successor program; and |
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| 42 | 42 | | (6) examine the feasibility and desirability of |
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| 43 | 43 | | purchasing or developing for state and local law enforcement |
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| 44 | 44 | | agencies a records management system that meets the reporting |
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| 45 | 45 | | requirements of the National Incident-Based Reporting System of the |
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| 46 | 46 | | Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of |
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| 47 | 47 | | Investigation, the Texas Incident-Based Reporting System of the |
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| 48 | 48 | | department, or a successor program. |
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| 49 | 49 | | (c) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year, |
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| 50 | 50 | | the department shall submit the plan to the governor, lieutenant |
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| 51 | 51 | | governor, speaker of the house of representatives, appropriate |
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| 52 | 52 | | standing committees of the legislature, and Legislative Budget |
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| 53 | 53 | | Board. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 3. Section 1701.156, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 55 | 55 | | by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 56 | 56 | | (c) The Department of Public Safety may use money |
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| 57 | 57 | | appropriated to the department from the account to award grants to |
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| 58 | 58 | | local law enforcement agencies for training on incident-based |
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| 59 | 59 | | reporting systems to be used for reporting information and |
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| 60 | 60 | | statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in this state. |
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| 61 | 61 | | The department shall adopt rules governing the award of grants by |
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| 62 | 62 | | the department under this subsection. |
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| 63 | 63 | | SECTION 4. Section 1701.157, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 64 | 64 | | by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows: |
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| 65 | 65 | | (a-1) Subsection (a) does not apply to money appropriated to |
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| 66 | 66 | | the Department of Public Safety from the account for the purpose of |
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| 67 | 67 | | awarding grants to local law enforcement agencies for training on |
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| 68 | 68 | | incident-based reporting systems under Section 1701.156(c). |
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| 69 | 69 | | SECTION 5. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Department of |
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| 70 | 70 | | Public Safety shall adopt rules as required by Section 1701.156(c), |
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| 71 | 71 | | Occupations Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 72 | 72 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 73 | 73 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 74 | 74 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 75 | 75 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 76 | 76 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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