1-1 By: Haggerty (Senate Sponsor - Staples) H.B. No. 1075
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House April 25, 2001;
1-3 April 26, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
1-4 Criminal Justice; May 11, 2001, reported favorably by the following
1-5 vote: Yeas 4, Nays 0; May 11, 2001, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to certain reports submitted to the community justice
1-9 assistance division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice on
1-10 the use of ignition interlock devices.
1-11 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12 SECTION 1. Section 509.004(a), Government Code, is amended to
1-13 read as follows:
1-14 (a) The division shall require each department to:
1-15 (1) keep financial and statistical records determined
1-16 necessary by the division;
1-17 (2) submit a community justice plan and all supporting
1-18 information requested by the division;
1-19 (3) present data requested by the division as
1-20 necessary to determine the amount of state aid for which the
1-21 department is eligible;
1-22 (4) submit periodic financial audits and statistical
1-23 reports to the division; and
1-24 (5) [submit periodic data to the division on the
1-25 required use of deep-lung breath analysis mechanisms to make
1-26 impractical the operation of a motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is
1-27 detected in the breath of the operator, including the number of
1-28 devices in use, the number of violations detected, malfunctions by
1-29 the devices, and attempts to circumvent the devices; and]
1-30 [(6)] submit to the Department of Public Safety the
1-31 full name, address, date of birth, social security number, and
1-32 driver's license number of each person restricted to the operation
1-33 of a motor vehicle equipped with a device that uses a deep-lung
1-34 breath analysis mechanism to make impractical the operation of the
1-35 motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is detected in the breath of the
1-36 restricted operator.
1-37 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a
1-38 vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
1-39 provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
1-40 Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
1-41 Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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