Bill Text: TX SB1747 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the categories used to record the race or ethnicity of persons stopped for or convicted of traffic offenses.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-23 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1747 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1747-Introduced.html
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By: Hinojosa | S.B. No. 1747 |
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relating to the categories used to record the race or ethnicity of | ||
persons stopped for or convicted of traffic offenses. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Article 2.132(a)(3), Code of Criminal Procedure, | ||
is amended to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Race or ethnicity" means the following | ||
categories: | ||
(A) Alaska native or American Indian; | ||
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(C) black; | ||
(D) white; and | ||
(E) Hispanic or Latino [ |
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SECTION 2. Section 543.202(a), Transportation Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) In this section, "race or ethnicity" means the following | ||
categories: | ||
(1) Alaska native or American Indian; | ||
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(3) black; | ||
(4) white; and | ||
(5) Hispanic or Latino [ |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |