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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the date by which law enforcement agencies must report |
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arrests to the Department of Public Safety. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subsection (d), Article 60.08, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, is amended to read as follows: |
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(d) Except as otherwise required by applicable state laws or |
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regulations, information or data required by this chapter to be |
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reported to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the |
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Department of Public Safety shall be reported promptly but not |
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later than the 30th day after the date on which the information or |
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data is received by the agency responsible for reporting it except |
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in the case of an arrest. An offender's arrest shall be reported to |
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the Department of Public Safety not later than the second [seventh] |
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day after the date of the arrest. |
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SECTION 2. Subsection (d), Article 60.08, Code of Criminal |
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Procedure, as amended by this Act, applies only to an arrest made on |
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or after September 1, 2011. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |