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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the creation of a criminal justice web portal by the |
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office of the attorney general. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 402, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 402.040 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 402.040. CRIMINAL JUSTICE WEB PORTAL. (a) The office |
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of the attorney general shall develop and maintain a web portal to |
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collect, compile, and analyze data related to criminal justice in |
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this state. The office shall ensure that the web portal is |
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accessible through the state electronic Internet portal project. |
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(b) The attorney general shall direct each law enforcement |
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agency to submit through the web portal any report required to be |
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submitted by the agency to the office of the attorney general under |
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any law, including information reported under Article 2.139, Code |
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of Criminal Procedure, as added by Chapter 516 (H.B. 1036), Acts of |
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the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, and Article 2.1395, |
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Code of Criminal Procedure. |
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(c) The web portal must: |
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(1) provide access to reports submitted to the office |
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of the attorney general through the web portal, other than reports |
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that are confidential or protected from disclosure under state or |
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federal law; and |
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(2) include an interactive dashboard that provides an |
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analysis and a visual representation of the data included in the |
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reports described by Subdivision (1). |
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(d) The reports and dashboard required by Subsection (c) |
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must be accessible to the public. |
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(e) In developing the web portal, the office of the attorney |
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general may contract or consult with a nonprofit organization that |
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specializes in web-based data analysis. |
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SECTION 2. Not later than September 1, 2018, the office of |
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the attorney general shall develop the web portal required under |
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Section 402.040, Government Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |