SRC-JBJ S.B. 1157 76(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1157
By: Carona
Criminal Justice
3/17/1999
As Filed


DIGEST 

Currently, Texas law does not require certain offenses to be reported to
the Department of Public Safety (DPS) if the offense was committed on a
military base, military installation, or national seashore.  This inability
to collect information does not allow the DPS to track driving while
intoxicated (DWI) convictions on military bases or federal lands.  Although
state law does authorize the DPS to receive some information when the DPS
is the home state of the offender, DPS does not have the authority to
record those convictions on a person's driving record.  DPS requests a
mechanism for reporting convictions on federal land or military bases, in
order to track DWI convictions.  S.B. 1157 authorizes certain federal and
military convictions or actions to be reported to the state.  

PURPOSE

As proposed, S.B. 1157 authorizes certain federal and military convictions
or actions to be reported to this state. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, institution, or agency. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 523.004, Transportation Code, to authorize the
reporting of a conviction or judicial or administrative action of a federal
or military court or tribunal. 

SECTION 2. Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.Emergency clause.