By:  Armbrister                                                   S.B. No. 1248
	(In the Senate - Filed March 12, 2003; March 19, 2003, read 
first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; 
April 29, 2003, reported adversely, with favorable Committee 
Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 5, Nays 1; April 29, 2003, 
sent to printer.)


COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1248                                   By:  Williams


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT


relating to performance review standards for peace officers 
employed by the state in connection with the enforcement of traffic 
laws.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Chapter 720, Transportation Code, is amended by 
adding Section 720.0021 to read as follows:
	Sec. 720.0021.  PROHIBITION ON QUOTAS FOR ENFORCEMENT 
ACTIONS BY PEACE OFFICERS EMPLOYED BY THE STATE.  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 a peace officer according to the officer's:
		(1)  issuance of a predetermined, specified, or average 
number or percentage of any type or combination of types of traffic 
citations, traffic stops, or "contacts"; or
		(2)  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.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.                           



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