84R4517 JRR-D
By: Giddings H.B. No. 1808
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the use of and training for incident-based reporting of
information and statistics concerning criminal offenses committed
in this state.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 411.042, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (k) to read as follows:
(k) The department shall publish and periodically update on
the department's Internet website incident-based information and
statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in this state.
SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.054 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.054. INCIDENT-BASED CRIME STATISTICS REPORTING
PLAN. (a) The department shall develop a plan for implementing and
expanding the use of an incident-based reporting system by state
and local law enforcement agencies to report information and
statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in this state.
(b) The plan described by Subsection (a) must:
(1) build on available experience and infrastructure
for reporting information and statistics concerning criminal
offenses;
(2) identify additional resource needs for
implementing and expanding the use of an incident-based reporting
system;
(3) contain input from stakeholders, including other
law enforcement agencies and law enforcement associations,
advocacy groups, and academic institutions;
(4) contain outreach strategies to educate the public
on the differences between a summary reporting system and an
incident-based reporting system;
(5) contain measures to track the progress and success
in this state of any incident-based reporting by state and local law
enforcement agencies to the National Incident-Based Reporting
System of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau
of Investigation, the Texas Incident-Based Reporting System of the
department, or a successor program; and
(6) examine the feasibility and desirability of
purchasing or developing for state and local law enforcement
agencies a records management system that meets the reporting
requirements of the National Incident-Based Reporting System of the
Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of
Investigation, the Texas Incident-Based Reporting System of the
department, or a successor program.
(c) Not later than September 1 of each even-numbered year,
the department shall submit the plan to the governor, lieutenant
governor, speaker of the house of representatives, appropriate
standing committees of the legislature, and Legislative Budget
Board.
SECTION 3. Section 1701.156, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) The Department of Public Safety may use money
appropriated to the department from the account to award grants to
local law enforcement agencies for training on incident-based
reporting systems to be used for reporting information and
statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in this state.
The department shall adopt rules governing the award of grants by
the department under this subsection.
SECTION 4. Section 1701.157, Occupations Code, is amended
by adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
(a-1) Subsection (a) does not apply to money appropriated to
the Department of Public Safety from the account for the purpose of
awarding grants to local law enforcement agencies for training on
incident-based reporting systems under Section 1701.156(c).
SECTION 5. Not later than January 1, 2016, the Department of
Public Safety shall adopt rules as required by Section 1701.156(c),
Occupations Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 6. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2015.