Bill Text: TX HB245 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to certain reporting requirements for law enforcement agencies and to the creation of a criminal justice web portal by the office of the attorney general; providing a civil penalty.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2017-06-15 - Effective on 9/1/17 [HB245 Detail]

Download: Texas-2017-HB245-Introduced.html

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85R2558 KJE-F
By: Johnson of Dallas H.B. No. 245

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the consequence for a law enforcement agency's failure
to comply with reporting requirements for certain injuries or
deaths caused by peace officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Article 2.139, Code of Criminal Procedure, as
added by Chapter 516 (H.B. 1036), Acts of the 84th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2015, is amended by adding Subsection (f) to read
as follows:
(f) The office of the attorney general shall conduct an
investigation after receiving a report or other information that a
law enforcement agency failed to submit a report required under
this article. If the office determines that the law enforcement
agency intentionally failed to submit the report, the law
enforcement agency is not eligible to receive a grant from the
criminal justice division of the governor's office for the 12-month
period following the date on which the office made the
determination.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.