84R11319 NC-F
 
  By: Burton S.B. No. 1529
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the creation and regulation of a law enforcement agency
  or police department.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1701.163, Occupations Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  The entity may not begin operation of the law
  enforcement agency or police department unless:
               (1)  the entity submits all of the information required
  under Subsection (b) to the commission; and
               (2)  the commission issues the entity an agency number
  for the law enforcement agency or police department.
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
  amended by adding Section 1701.1631 to read as follows:
         Sec. 1701.1631.  SUSPENSION OF OPERATIONS OF CERTAIN
  AGENCIES OR DEPARTMENTS. The commission may suspend the operations
  of a law enforcement agency or police department described by
  Section 1701.163 if the entity creating the law enforcement agency
  or police department:
               (1)  cannot demonstrate an ongoing need for the law
  enforcement agency or police department in the community;
               (2)  does not maintain adequate funding for the law
  enforcement agency or police department;
               (3)  does not maintain or provide adequate physical
  resources for officers of the law enforcement agency or police
  department;
               (4)  does not maintain or provide adequate physical
  facilities for the law enforcement agency or police department,
  including an adequate evidence room, dispatch area, and public
  area;
               (5)  does not maintain or enforce adequate law
  enforcement policies for the law enforcement agency or police
  department, including policies on:
                     (A)  use of force;
                     (B)  vehicle pursuit;
                     (C)  professional conduct of officers;
                     (D)  domestic abuse protocols;
                     (E)  response to missing persons;
                     (F)  supervision of part-time officers; and
                     (G)  impartial policing;
               (6)  does not have an effective administrative
  structure for the law enforcement agency or police department;
               (7)  does not maintain adequate liability insurance for
  the law enforcement agency or police department; or
               (8)  does not meet another standard or requirement the
  commission implements by rule.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.