78R5494 MTB-F

By:  Goolsby                                                      H.B. No. 1647



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the performance review of peace officers enforcing 
traffic laws.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 720.002(a), Transportation Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A political subdivision or an agency of this state may 
not establish or maintain, formally or informally, a plan to 
evaluate, promote, compensate, or discipline:
		(1)  a peace officer according to the officer's:                       
			(A)  issuance of a predetermined, average, or 
specified number or percentage of any type or combination of types 
of traffic citations or stops; or
			(B)  making a predetermined, average, or 
specified number or percentage of any type or combination of types 
of arrests resulting from the enforcement of laws or ordinances 
regulating traffic; or
		(2)  a justice of the peace or a judge of a county 
court, statutory county court, municipal court, or municipal court 
of record according to the amount of money the justice or judge 
collects from persons convicted of a traffic offense.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.