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Amend CSSB 3 (Senate Committee Printing) as follows:
(1) In SECTION 8 of the bill, strike added Section 411.054, Government Code (page 5, line 59, through page 6, line 13), and substitute the following:
Sec. 411.054. INCIDENT-BASED CRIME STATISTICS REPORTING GOAL. (a) The department shall establish a goal that, not later than September 1, 2019, at least 36 percent of all local law enforcement agencies that submitted to the department during the state fiscal biennium ending August 31, 2015, information and statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in the jurisdiction of those agencies will:
(1) have implemented an incident-based reporting system that meets the reporting requirements of the National Incident-Based Reporting System of the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
(2) be using the system described by Subdivision (1) to submit to the department information and statistics concerning criminal offenses committed in the jurisdiction of the local law enforcement agency.
(b) The department shall:
(1) periodically analyze implementation and use of the system described by Subsection (a)(1); and
(2) identify which specific, additional local law enforcement agencies the department needs to implement the system described by Subsection (a)(1) to generate reasonable estimates of the number and types of criminal offenses that are committed in this state.
(c) In identifying specific, additional local law enforcement agencies under Subsection (b)(2), the department shall:
(1) consult with stakeholders, including local law enforcement agencies and local and statewide law enforcement associations; and
(2) consider, at a minimum:
(A) geographic distribution of local law enforcement agencies;
(B) the number of peace officers at a local law enforcement agency;
(C) the jurisdiction of a local law enforcement agency;
(D) population density and composition of the area served by a local law enforcement agency;
(E) access to transportation networks in the area served by a local law enforcement agency;
(F) the relationship of a local law enforcement agency to other components of the criminal justice system; and
(G) crime reporting practices of persons residing in the area served by a local law enforcement agency.
(d) The department shall provide quarterly reports to the Legislative Budget Board that include:
(1) the local law enforcement agencies that have been identified as subjects for the implementation of the system described by Subsection (a)(1); and
(2) any available information regarding local law enforcement agencies' progress in implementing and using the system described by Subsection (a)(1) to submit to the department information and statistics described by Subsection (a)(2).
(e) The department shall adopt rules to implement this section.
(2) In SECTION 15 of the bill (page 9, line 34), strike "411.054(b)" and substitute "411.054(e)".