Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 60.21. Monitoring Tracking; Information Submission

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Art. 60.21. MONITORING TRACKING;  INFORMATION 
SUBMISSION.  (a) The Department of Information Resources shall 
monitor the development of the corrections tracking system by the 
Texas Department of Criminal Justice to ensure implementation of 
the system not later than June 1, 2005.
	(b)  The Department of Public Safety shall:                                    
	(1)  monitor the submission of arrest and disposition 
information by local jurisdictions;
	(2)  annually submit to the Legislative Budget Board, the 
governor, the state auditor, and the council a report regarding the 
level of reporting by local jurisdictions;
	(3)  identify local jurisdictions that do not report arrest 
or disposition information or that partially report information;  
and
	(4)  for use in determining the status of outstanding 
dispositions, publish monthly on the Department of Public Safety's 
Internet website or on another electronic publication a report 
listing each arrest by local jurisdiction for which there is no 
corresponding final court disposition.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 474, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.  
Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1218, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 
2005.

Last modified: August 10, 2007