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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a hotline to report suspected incidents |
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of impaired driving or dangerous driving. |
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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 411.053 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.053. IMPAIRED OR DANGEROUS DRIVING HOTLINE. (a) |
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The department shall develop and operate a 24-hour-a-day hotline |
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for persons to report incidents of suspected driving while |
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intoxicated or under the influence of alcohol, controlled |
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substances, or drugs and dangerous driving to the department. |
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(b) The hotline must enable a person to report an incident |
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described by Subsection (a) to the department by: |
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(1) calling a toll-free telephone number; |
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(2) using an Internet website; or |
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(3) using other means of electronic communication, |
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including: |
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(A) e-mail message transmission; or |
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(B) text messaging. |
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(c) The department, as soon as practicable, shall forward a |
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report received on the hotline to the municipal police department |
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or sheriff's office with jurisdiction over the matter. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |