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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to including certain demographic information in federal |
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incident-based reporting of information and statistics concerning |
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offenses committed in this state. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.0541 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.0541. REQUIRED INFORMATION FOR FEDERAL |
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INCIDENT-BASED CRIME STATISTICS REPORTING. The department and all |
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local law enforcement agencies that use an incident-based reporting |
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system to report information and statistics concerning criminal |
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offenses committed in this state to the Federal Bureau of |
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Investigation, as a part of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of |
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the Federal Bureau of Investigation, shall include the ethnicity of |
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an arrestee in the reported incident. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |