2003S0295-1 02/14/03


By:  Armbrister                                                   S.B. No. 1248


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to performance review standards for peace officers in 
connection with the enforcement of traffic laws.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subsections (a) and (f), Section 720.002, 
Transportation Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  A political subdivision or an agency of this state may 
not in any manner establish or maintain, formally or informally, a 
plan to evaluate in any manner, promote, compensate, or discipline:
		(1)  a peace officer according to the officer's:                       
			(A)  issuance or effectuation of a predetermined, 
[or] specified, or average number or percentage of any type or 
combination of types of traffic citations, traffic stops, or 
traffic contacts; or
			(B)  making a predetermined, specified, or 
average number or percentage of any type or combination of types of 
arrests while performing duty assignments involving the 
enforcement of traffic laws; 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.
	(f)  In this section:                                                          
		(1)  "Traffic contacts" includes any interaction 
between a peace officer and a person involving the enforcement of 
traffic laws.
		(2)  "Conviction" means the rendition of an order by a 
court imposing a punishment of incarceration or a fine.
		(3) [(2)]  "Traffic offense" means an offense under:  
			(A)  Chapter 521; or                                                         
			(B)  Subtitle C.                                                             
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.