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By:  Zaffirini                                                            S.B. No. 52



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the collection, analysis, and dissemination of 
information relating to certain sexual offenses.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 411.049 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.049.  SEXUAL ASSAULT REPORTING.  (a) The 
department shall establish and maintain a central repository for 
the collection and analysis of information relating to the 
commission of an offense under Section 22.011 or 22.021, Penal 
Code, including information regarding the victim and the 
perpetrator of the offense and information indicating the results 
of any forensic medical examination described by Article 56.06, 
Code of Criminal Procedure, and the results of any prosecution of 
the offense.  On establishing the repository, the department shall 
develop a procedure to monitor, record, classify, and analyze 
information under this subsection.
	(b)  Local law enforcement agencies shall report the 
commission of offenses under Sections 22.011 and 22.021, Penal 
Code, and other related information required by Subsection (a) in 
the form and manner and at regular intervals as prescribed by rules 
adopted by the department.  The department shall summarize and 
analyze information received under this subsection and any other 
corresponding information possessed by the department.
	(c)  The department shall make information, records, and 
statistics collected under this section available to any local law 
enforcement agency, political subdivision, or state agency to the 
extent the information is reasonably necessary or useful to the 
agency or subdivision in carrying out duties imposed by law on the 
agency or subdivision.  This subsection may not be construed to 
limit access to information, records, or statistics if access is 
permitted by other law.  Dissemination of the names of perpetrators 
and victims is subject to all confidentiality requirements 
otherwise imposed by law.
	SECTION 2.  The Department of Public Safety of the State of 
Texas shall establish the rules and procedures necessary to comply 
with Section 411.049, Government Code, as added by this Act, not 
later than October 1, 2003.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.