Government Code § 411.054

Sec. 411.054. INCIDENT-BASED CRIME STATISTICS REPORTING BY LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES. (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. (c) Except as otherwise provided by this section and Section 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. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 333 (H.B. 11), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2015. Amended by: Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 633 (H.B. 4879), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023.