SRC-JBJ S.B. 1583 77(R)   BILL ANALYSIS


Senate Research Center   S.B. 1583
By: Van de Putte
Criminal Justice
3/26/2001
As Filed


DIGEST AND PURPOSE 

Under current Texas law, certain reports or statements submitted to the
Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education (commission)
are confidential and are not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552
(Public Information), Government Code.  As proposed, S.B. 1583 provides
that those documents are confidential unless they involve substantial
incidents of excessive force or violations of the law other than traffic
offenses. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

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

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 1701.454(a), Occupations Code, to provide that a
report or statement submitted to the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
Standards and Education (commission) under this subchapter is confidential
and is not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552 (Public Information),
Government Code, unless the person resigned or was terminated due to
substantiated incidents of excessive force or violations of the law other
than traffic offenses. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 2001.