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Amend CSSB 1503 (Senate committee printing) as follows:
(1) Strike SECTION 1 of the bill (page 1, line 17, through
page 2, line 41).
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, in amended Article
2.133(b)(1)(B), Code of Criminal Procedure (page 3, lines 44-47),
strike "[, as stated by the person or, if the person does not state
the person's race or ethnicity, as determined by the officer to the
best of the officer's ability]" and substitute ", as stated by the
person or, if the person does not state the person's race or
ethnicity, as determined by the officer to the best of the officer's
ability".
(3) Strike SECTION 4 of the bill (page 4, line 7, through
page 5, line 4) and substitute the following:
SECTION ___. Articles 2.134(b), (c), (d), and (e), Code of
Criminal Procedure, are amended to read as follows:
(b) A law enforcement agency shall compile and analyze the
information contained in each report received by the agency under
Article 2.133. Not later than February 15 [March 1] of each year,
each [local] law enforcement agency shall submit a report
containing the incident-based data [information] compiled during
the previous calendar year to the bureau of identification and
records of the Department of Public Safety and, if the agency is a
local law enforcement agency, to the governing body of each county
or municipality served by the agency [in a manner approved by the
agency].
(c) A report required under Subsection (b) must include:
(1) a comparative analysis of the information compiled
under Article 2.133 to:
(A) determine the prevalence of racial profiling
by peace officers employed by the agency; and
(B) examine the disposition of motor vehicle
[traffic and pedestrian] stops made by officers employed by the
agency, including searches resulting from the stops; and
(2) information relating to each complaint filed with
the agency alleging that a peace officer employed by the agency has
engaged in racial profiling.
(d) A report required under Subsection (b) may not include
identifying information about a peace officer who makes a motor
vehicle [traffic or pedestrian] stop or about an individual who is
stopped or arrested by a peace officer. This subsection does not
affect the reporting of information required under Article
2.133(b)(1).
(e) The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
Education shall develop guidelines for compiling [and reporting]
information as required by this article.
(4) In SECTION 7 of the bill, in the recital (page 5, line
25), strike "Articles 2.1385 and 2.1386" and substitute "Article
2.1385".
(5) In SECTION 7 of the bill, strike added Article 2.1386,
Code of Criminal Procedure (page 5, line 39, through page 6, line
14).
(6) In SECTION 8 of the bill, in the heading to added Article
102.022, Code of Criminal Procedure (page 6, lines 17-18), strike
"INSTITUTE ON" and substitute "STATEWIDE REPOSITORY FOR DATA
RELATED TO".
(7) In SECTION 8 of the bill, in added Article 102.022(b),
Code of Criminal Procedure (page 6, line 26), strike "25" and
substitute "15".
(8) In SECTION 9 of the bill, in added Section 102.061(5-a),
Government Code (page 7, line 5), between the ellipsis and the
semicolon, strike "$0.25" and substitute "$0.15".
(9) In SECTION 10 of the bill, in added Section 102.081(6),
Government Code (page 7, line 24), between the ellipsis and the
semicolon, strike "$0.25" and substitute "$0.15".
(10) In SECTION 11 of the bill, in added Section
102.101(5-a), Government Code (page 7, line 43), between the
ellipsis and the semicolon, strike "$0.25" and substitute "$0.15".
(11) In SECTION 12 of the bill, in added Section 102.121(6),
Government Code (page 7, line 65), between the ellipsis and the
semicolon, strike "$0.25" and substitute "$0.15".
(12) Strike added Section 14(b) of the bill (page 8, line 9,
through page 8, line 12) and reletter Subsection (c) (page 8, line
13) as Subsection (b).
(13) Add the following appropriately numbered SECTION to
the bill:
SECTION ___. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 411.052 to read as follows:
Sec. 411.052. COLLECTION OF CERTAIN INCIDENT-BASED DATA
SUBMITTED BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. The department, through its
bureau of identification and records, shall collect and maintain
the incident-based data submitted to the department under Article
2.134, Code of Criminal Procedure, including the incident-based
data compiled by the department based on the reports received by the
department under Article 2.133 of that code. The department, the
Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education, the
Bill Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas, and
the University of North Texas System Center at Dallas shall develop
guidelines for submitting in a standard format the report
containing the incident-based data as required by Article 2.134,
Code of Criminal Procedure.
(14) Renumber existing SECTIONS of the bill accordingly.