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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to statistical information on the prosecution of certain |
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offenses relating to the operating of a motor vehicle while |
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intoxicated. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.049 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.049. REPORT RELATED TO CERTAIN INTOXICATION |
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OFFENSES. (a) The department shall compile and maintain |
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statistical information on the prosecution of offenses under |
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Chapter 49, Penal Code, relating to the operating of a motor vehicle |
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while intoxicated, including: |
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(1) the number of arrests; |
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(2) the number of arrests resulting in release with no |
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charges; |
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(3) the number of charges resulting in a plea of not |
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guilty and a trial; |
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(4) the number of charges resulting in a plea of guilty |
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or nolo contendere and, of those pleas, the number entered pursuant |
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to a plea agreement; |
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(5) the number of charges resulting in a conviction of |
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the offense charged in the original information, indictment, |
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complaint, or other charging instrument; |
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(6) the number of charges resulting in a conviction of |
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an offense having a lesser penalty than the offense charged in the |
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original information, indictment, complaint, or other charging |
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instrument; and |
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(7) the number of charges resulting in a dismissal. |
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(b) The department shall submit a report of the statistical |
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information covering the preceding calendar year to the legislature |
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not later than March 31 of each year. |
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(c) Each law enforcement agency that enforces Chapter 49, |
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Penal Code, and each appropriate prosecuting attorney's office and |
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court in this state shall report in the manner and on a form |
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prescribed by the department the information necessary for the |
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department to compile the information required by Subsection (a). |
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(d) The department may adopt rules to implement this |
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section. |
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SECTION 2. The Department of Public Safety shall submit the |
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first report required by Section 411.049(b), Government Code, as |
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added by this Act, not later than March 31, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |