Texas Government Code 411.054 – Incident-Based Crime Statistics Reporting by Local Law Enforcement Agencies
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(a) The department shall require all local law enforcement agencies to:
(1) implement 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) use 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 by rule shall prescribe the form and manner for submitting information and statistics under this section.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 411.054
- Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
- Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
(c) Except as otherwise provided by this section and § 411.0541, information and statistics submitted to the department under this section are confidential and not subject to disclosure under Chapter 552.
(d) The department shall submit the information and statistics received by the department under this section to the Uniform Crime Reporting Program of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, as required by that program.