| 1 | 1 | | 88R20938 KBB-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Allison, Cortez, Lujan, Bernal, H.B. No. 2566 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Lopez of Bexar, et al. |
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| 4 | 4 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 2566: |
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| 5 | 5 | | By: Schatzline C.S.H.B. No. 2566 |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the number of peace officers required to be employed by |
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| 11 | 11 | | a sheriff's department in certain counties. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter Z, Chapter 351, Local Government |
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| 14 | 14 | | Code, is amended by adding Section 351.905 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 15 | | Sec. 351.905. MINIMUM NUMBER OF SHERIFF'S DEPARTMENT PEACE |
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| 16 | 16 | | OFFICERS. (a) In this section, "peace officer" means an officer |
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| 17 | 17 | | whose duties include patrolling an assigned area, conducting |
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| 18 | 18 | | traffic stops, responding to calls, and carrying out general |
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| 19 | 19 | | investigative and law enforcement duties. The term does not |
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| 20 | 20 | | include an officer whose duties include the safekeeping of |
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| 21 | 21 | | prisoners or the security of a jail operated by the county, or |
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| 22 | 22 | | serving as a bailiff at a county courthouse. |
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| 23 | 23 | | (b) This section applies only to a county with a population |
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| 24 | 24 | | of more than 1.5 million in which more than 70 percent of the |
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| 25 | 25 | | population lives in a single municipality. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (c) The sheriff of a county shall employ and retain at all |
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| 27 | 27 | | times at least 1.8 peace officers for every 1,000 residents of the |
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| 28 | 28 | | total unincorporated area of the county, as determined by the state |
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| 29 | 29 | | demographer in accordance with Section 468.004, Government Code. |
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| 30 | 30 | | SECTION 2. Section 468.004, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 31 | 31 | | read as follows: |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sec. 468.004. POWERS AND DUTIES. The state demographer |
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| 33 | 33 | | shall: |
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| 34 | 34 | | (1) disseminate demographic and related socioeconomic |
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| 35 | 35 | | data to the public, with emphasis on data that may be useful to |
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| 36 | 36 | | public policymakers; |
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| 37 | 37 | | (2) provide annual population estimates for all |
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| 38 | 38 | | counties and municipalities in the state, including an estimate for |
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| 39 | 39 | | the total unincorporated area of the county; |
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| 40 | 40 | | (3) provide biennial population projections for the |
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| 41 | 41 | | state and all counties of the state; |
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| 42 | 42 | | (4) adhere to current standards of practice when |
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| 43 | 43 | | determining which racial/ethnic groups to include in estimates and |
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| 44 | 44 | | projections; |
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| 45 | 45 | | (5) provide information by request which justifies the |
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| 46 | 46 | | omission of any particular racial/ethnic group from estimates and |
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| 47 | 47 | | projections, including limitations of data and methodology; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (6) provide information to the legislature relating to |
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| 49 | 49 | | the impact that demographic and socioeconomic changes in the |
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| 50 | 50 | | population of the state have on the demand for state services; and |
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| 51 | 51 | | (7) evaluate the type and quality of data needed to: |
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| 52 | 52 | | (A) adequately monitor demographic and |
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| 53 | 53 | | socioeconomic changes in the population of the state; and |
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| 54 | 54 | | (B) assess the effectiveness of delivery of state |
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| 55 | 55 | | services. |
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| 56 | 56 | | SECTION 3. The sheriff of a county to which Section 351.905, |
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| 57 | 57 | | Local Government Code, as added by this Act, applies shall comply |
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| 58 | 58 | | with the requirement of that section as soon as practicable but not |
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| 59 | 59 | | later than September 1, 2028. |
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| 60 | 60 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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