Amend SB 370 by adding an appropriately numbered section to
read as follows
SECTION _____. Amend Section 411.046 (a), Government Code,
to read as follows:
(a) The bureau of identification and records shall establish
and maintain a central repository for the collection and analysis
of information relating to crimes that are motivated by prejudice,
hatred, or advocacy of violence, including, but not limited to,
incidents for which statistics are or were kept under Public Law
No. 101-275, as that law existed on July 3, 1996<September 1,
1991>. On establishing the repository, the department shall
develop a procedure to monitor, record, classify, and analyze
information relating to incidents directed against persons and
property that are apparently motivated by the factors listed in
this subsection.