Bill Text: TX HB673 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Comm Sub
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.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-05-10 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB673 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HB673-Comm_Sub.html
85R19115 KJE-D | |||
By: Johnson of Dallas | H.B. No. 673 | ||
Substitute the following for H.B. No. 673: | |||
By: Elkins | C.S.H.B. No. 673 |
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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. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 2.139(e), Code of Criminal Procedure, as | ||
added by Chapter 516 (H.B. 1036), Acts of the 84th Legislature, | ||
Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows: | ||
(e) Not later than March [ |
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office of the attorney general shall submit a report regarding all | ||
officer-involved injuries or deaths that occurred during the | ||
preceding year to the governor and the standing legislative | ||
committees with primary jurisdiction over criminal justice | ||
matters. The report must include: | ||
(1) the total number of officer-involved injuries or | ||
deaths; | ||
(2) a summary of the reports submitted to the office | ||
under this article; and | ||
(3) a copy of each report submitted to the office under | ||
this article. | ||
SECTION 2. Article 2.1395(c), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(c) Not later than March [ |
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office of the attorney general shall submit a report regarding all | ||
incidents described by Subsection (a) that occurred during the | ||
preceding year to the governor and the standing legislative | ||
committees with primary jurisdiction over criminal justice | ||
matters. The report must include: | ||
(1) the total number of incidents that occurred; | ||
(2) a summary of the reports submitted to the office | ||
under this article; and | ||
(3) a copy of each report submitted to the office under | ||
this article. | ||
SECTION 3. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is | ||
amended by adding Section 402.040 to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 402.040. CRIMINAL JUSTICE WEB PORTAL. (a) The office | ||
of the attorney general shall develop and maintain a web portal to | ||
collect, compile, and analyze data related to criminal justice in | ||
this state. The office shall ensure that the web portal is | ||
accessible through the state electronic Internet portal project. | ||
(b) The attorney general shall direct each law enforcement | ||
agency to submit through the web portal any report required to be | ||
submitted by the agency to the office of the attorney general under | ||
any law, including information reported under Article 2.139, Code | ||
of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 516 (H.B. 1036), Acts of | ||
the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and Article 2.1395, | ||
Code of Criminal Procedure, but excluding information reported | ||
under Chapter 56, Code of Criminal Procedure. | ||
(c) The web portal must: | ||
(1) provide access to reports submitted to the office | ||
of the attorney general through the web portal, other than reports | ||
that are confidential or protected from disclosure under state or | ||
federal law; and | ||
(2) include an interactive dashboard that provides an | ||
analysis and a visual representation of the data included in the | ||
reports described by Subdivision (1). | ||
(d) The reports and dashboard required by Subsection (c) | ||
must be accessible to the public. | ||
(e) In developing the web portal, the office of the attorney | ||
general may contract or consult with a nonprofit organization that | ||
specializes in web-based data analysis. | ||
SECTION 4. Not later than September 1, 2018, the office of | ||
the attorney general shall develop the web portal required under | ||
Section 402.040, Government Code, as added by this Act. | ||
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |