Bill Text: TX HB2897 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to an integrated intelligence system to aid state and local law enforcement agencies in locating and arresting fugitives; authorizing a fee.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2013-04-18 - Left pending in committee [HB2897 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB2897-Introduced.html
| 83R9476 ADM-D | ||
| By: Miller of Comal | H.B. No. 2897 | |
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| relating to an integrated intelligence system to aid state and | ||
| local law enforcement agencies in locating and arresting fugitives; | ||
| authorizing a fee. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 2, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | ||
| amended by adding Article 2.139 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 2.139. INTEGRATED INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM. (a) In this | ||
| article, "law enforcement agency" means an agency of this state, or | ||
| of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of this | ||
| state, that employs peace officers who pursue fugitives in the | ||
| routine performance of the officers' official duties. | ||
| (b) Each law enforcement agency may establish or acquire and | ||
| then implement the use of an electronic integrated intelligence | ||
| system for the purpose of improving the agency's ability to pursue | ||
| fugitives and collect money owed on outstanding warrants. A system | ||
| adopted under this article must aggregate data from the criminal | ||
| justice system, commercial sources, and public sources to create an | ||
| automated predictive process that assesses the background | ||
| information available for each fugitive, determines the ease and | ||
| likelihood of apprehending that fugitive, and improves route | ||
| planning for officers to enable the efficient location and arrest | ||
| of fugitives in general. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 102, Code of Criminal | ||
| Procedure, is amended by adding Article 102.015 to read as follows: | ||
| Art. 102.015. FEE FOR CERTAIN ARRESTS OCCURRING THROUGH USE | ||
| OF ELECTRONIC INTEGRATED INTELLIGENCE SYSTEM. (a) This article | ||
| applies only to a defendant arrested for a misdemeanor offense. | ||
| (b) The court may order a defendant to whom this article | ||
| applies to pay a fee of $30 to the arresting law enforcement agency | ||
| if the arrest was made using an electronic integrated intelligence | ||
| system described by Article 2.139. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 103.024, Government Code, is amended to | ||
| read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 103.024. MISCELLANEOUS FEES AND COSTS: CODE OF | ||
| CRIMINAL PROCEDURE. Fees and costs shall be paid or collected under | ||
| the Code of Criminal Procedure as follows: | ||
| (1) filing of a restitution lien (Art. 42.22, Code of | ||
| Criminal Procedure) . . . $5; | ||
| (2) issuance and service of a warrant of arrest for | ||
| certain offenses if prescribed by the municipality (Art. 45.203, | ||
| Code of Criminal Procedure) . . . not to exceed $25; [ |
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| (3) a fee for each agency or organization designated | ||
| by a registered sex offender for receipt of a copy of an order | ||
| making the registration nonpublic (Art. [ |
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| Criminal Procedure) . . . $20; and | ||
| (4) a fee for a law enforcement agency that uses an | ||
| electronic integrated intelligence system to arrest a defendant for | ||
| a misdemeanor offense (Art. 102.015, Code of Criminal Procedure) | ||
| . . . $30. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | ||
