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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to checkpoints to ensure the validity of licenses and |
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financial responsibility of vehicle operators. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Chapter 600, Transportation Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 600.005 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 600.005. DRIVER'S LICENSE AND EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL |
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RESPONSIBILITY CHECKPOINTS. (a) The department may establish a |
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program for the purpose of establishing checkpoints to ensure that |
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operators of motor vehicles in this state are not in violation of |
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Section 521.021, 522.011, or 601.051. |
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(b) The department may establish the checkpoint program in |
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conjunction with local law enforcement authorities. The department |
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and local law enforcement authorities may share the cost of |
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staffing the checkpoints conducted under the program established by |
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this section. |
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(c) The department shall establish procedures to be used in |
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the operation of a checkpoint conducted under the program |
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established by this section. |
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(d) The procedures for the operation of a checkpoint |
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conducted under the program established by this section must: |
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(1) limit the discretion of the peace officers |
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conducting the checkpoint; |
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(2) ensure that the selection of motor vehicles to be |
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stopped is reasonably predictable and nonarbitrary; |
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(3) ensure that intrusion on the operator is |
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minimized; and |
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(4) ensure that an inquiry is reasonably related to |
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the purpose of the checkpoint. |
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(e) The department shall keep a record of the operation of a |
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checkpoint conducted under the program established by this section |
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that contains: |
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(1) the date, time, location, and duration of the |
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checkpoint; |
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(2) the number of motor vehicles stopped at the |
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checkpoint and the number and nature of arrests made and citations |
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issued at the checkpoint; and |
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(3) the identities of the peace officers operating the |
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checkpoint. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |