Bill Text: TX HB2405 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to county reports regarding the implementation of cite and release provisions by local law enforcement agencies.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 3-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-11 - Left pending in committee [HB2405 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2405-Introduced.html
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By: Wu | H.B. No. 2405 |
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relating to county reports regarding the implementation of cite and | ||
release provisions by local law enforcement agencies. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Chapter 511, Government Code, is amended by | ||
adding Section 511.019 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 511.019. REPORT REGARDING USE OF CITE AND RELEASE. (a) | ||
Not later than March 1 of each year, each county shall report to the | ||
commission regarding the extent to which during the preceding | ||
calendar year the law enforcement agencies in the county issued | ||
citations for Class A or B misdemeanor offenses instead of | ||
arresting the offender, as permitted by Article 14.06(c), Code of | ||
Criminal Procedure. | ||
(b) The report must include: | ||
(1) if the policies of the law enforcement agencies in | ||
the county authorize peace officers to issue citations for Class A | ||
or B misdemeanor offenses instead of arresting the offender, as | ||
permitted by Article 14.06(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, an | ||
estimate of the amount of savings to the agencies and the county as | ||
a result of decreased detention costs; or | ||
(2) if one or more law enforcement agencies in the | ||
county have not adopted a policy described by Subdivision (1): | ||
(A) a summary of the reasons the policy has not | ||
been adopted, including what obstacles the applicable agency | ||
believes would hinder the implementation of the policy if adopted; | ||
and | ||
(B) a statement acknowledging that the agency has | ||
been made aware of potential cost savings associated with adopting | ||
such a policy. | ||
(c) Not later than June 1 of each year, the commission shall | ||
summarize the information contained in the reports submitted under | ||
Subsection (a). The summary must, for the preceding calendar year: | ||
(1) identify the counties that issued citations as | ||
described by Subsection (a); | ||
(2) identify the counties that did not issue citations | ||
as described by Subsection (a), including the reasons the counties | ||
failed to exercise their statutory cite and release authority; | ||
(3) identify the counties that failed to comply with | ||
the annual reporting requirement under this section; | ||
(4) estimate the amount of savings realized by law | ||
enforcement agencies and counties that have already implemented a | ||
policy authorizing the issuance of citations as described by | ||
Subsection (a); and | ||
(5) estimate the amount of savings that could be | ||
realized by a law enforcement agency or county that implements a | ||
policy authorizing the issuance of citations as described by | ||
Subsection (a). | ||
(d) The commission shall: | ||
(1) provide a copy of the summary prepared under | ||
Subsection (c) to: | ||
(A) the governor; | ||
(B) the lieutenant governor; | ||
(C) the speaker of the house of representatives; | ||
and | ||
(D) each standing committee of the senate and | ||
house of representatives having primary jurisdiction over matters | ||
relating to criminal justice; and | ||
(2) make the summary prepared under Subsection (c) | ||
available to the public. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |