Bill Text: TX SB1700 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to checkpoints to ensure the validity of licenses and financial responsibility of vehicle operators.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2011-03-30 - Left pending in committee [SB1700 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SB1700-Introduced.html
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| By: Williams | S.B. No. 1700 | |
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| relating to checkpoints to ensure the validity of licenses and | ||
| financial responsibility of vehicle operators. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Chapter 600, Transportation Code, is amended by | ||
| adding Section 600.005 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 600.005. DRIVER'S LICENSE AND EVIDENCE OF FINANCIAL | ||
| RESPONSIBILITY CHECKPOINTS. (a) The department may establish a | ||
| program for the purpose of establishing checkpoints to ensure that | ||
| operators of motor vehicles in this state are not in violation of | ||
| Section 521.021, 522.011, or 601.051. | ||
| (b) The department may establish the checkpoint program in | ||
| conjunction with local law enforcement authorities. The department | ||
| and local law enforcement authorities may share the cost of | ||
| staffing the checkpoints conducted under the program established by | ||
| this section. | ||
| (c) The department shall establish procedures to be used in | ||
| the operation of a checkpoint conducted under the program | ||
| established by this section. | ||
| (d) The procedures for the operation of a checkpoint | ||
| conducted under the program established by this section must: | ||
| (1) limit the discretion of the peace officers | ||
| conducting the checkpoint; | ||
| (2) ensure that the selection of motor vehicles to be | ||
| stopped is reasonably predictable and nonarbitrary; | ||
| (3) ensure that intrusion on the operator is | ||
| minimized; and | ||
| (4) ensure that an inquiry is reasonably related to | ||
| the purpose of the checkpoint. | ||
| (e) The department shall keep a record of the operation of a | ||
| checkpoint conducted under the program established by this section | ||
| that contains: | ||
| (1) the date, time, location, and duration of the | ||
| checkpoint; | ||
| (2) the number of motor vehicles stopped at the | ||
| checkpoint and the number and nature of arrests made and citations | ||
| issued at the checkpoint; and | ||
| (3) the identities of the peace officers operating the | ||
| checkpoint. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. | ||
