H.B. No. 4879         AN ACT   relating to incident-based reporting of information and statistics   concerning offenses committed in this state and the establishment   of the Texas crime information system by the Department of Public   Safety.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 411.054, Government Code, is amended to   read as follows:          Sec. 411.054.  INCIDENT-BASED CRIME STATISTICS REPORTING BY   LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES [GOAL].  (a)  The department shall   require [establish a goal that, not later than September 1, 2019,]   all local law enforcement agencies to:                (1)  implement [will have implemented] 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)  [will] 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   [Not later than January 1, 2017, the department shall submit a   report to the legislature that identifies the number of local law   enforcement agencies that have implemented the system described by   Subsection (a)].          (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.          SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 411.0541 to read as follows:          Sec. 411.0541.  TEXAS CRIME INFORMATION SYSTEM. (a)  In this   section:                (1)  "Criminal justice agency" means:                      (A)  a state agency that is engaged in the   administration of criminal justice under a statute or executive   order and allocates a substantial part of the agency's annual   budget to the administration of criminal justice; or                      (B)  a municipal or county agency, or school   district law enforcement agency, that is engaged in the   administration of criminal justice under a statute or executive   order.                (2)  "System" means the computer-based Texas crime   information system established under Subsection (b).          (b)  The department shall establish and maintain a   computer-based Texas crime information system that includes all of   the information and statistics submitted to the department under   Section 411.054.          (c)  The department shall restrict access to the system to   authorized personnel of criminal justice agencies, as determined by   the department.          (d)  The department shall use the information included in the   system to periodically publish reports regarding the nature and   extent of criminal activities in this state.  The department shall   submit each report published under this subsection to the governor   and each member of the legislature and shall publish each report on   the department's Internet website.          SECTION 3.  The Department of Public Safety of the State of   Texas shall adopt rules as necessary to implement Section 411.0541,   Government Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.       ______________________________ ______________________________      President of the Senate Speaker of the House                   I certify that H.B. No. 4879 was passed by the House on May 2,   2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 138, Nays 6, 3 present, not   voting.     ______________________________   Chief Clerk of the House                 I certify that H.B. No. 4879 was passed by the Senate on May   21, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.     ______________________________   Secretary of the Senate       APPROVED:  _____________________                      Date                           _____________________                    Governor