Tex. Code of Crim. Proc. Article 66.353
Monitoring and Reporting Duties of Department of Public Safety

(a)

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 lieutenant governor, the state auditor, and the standing committees in the senate and house of representatives with primary jurisdiction over criminal justice and the department 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’s Internet website or in another electronic publication a report listing by local jurisdiction each arrest for which there is no corresponding final court disposition.

(b)

The report described by Subsection (a)(2) must contain a disposition completeness percentage for each county in this state. For purposes of this subsection, “disposition completeness percentage” means the percentage of arrest charges a county reports to the Department of Public Safety, to be entered in the computerized criminal history system under this chapter, that were brought against a person in the county and for which a disposition has been subsequently reported and entered in the computerized criminal history system.
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1058 (H.B. 2931), Sec. 1.03, eff. January 1, 2019.

Source: Article 66.353 — Monitoring and Reporting Duties of Department of Public Safety, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.­66.­htm#66.­353 (accessed May 26, 2025).

66.001
Definitions 66.051
Purpose and Functions 66.052
Implementation and Operation of Criminal Justice Information System 66.053
Information Collected 66.054
Fingerprint and Arrest Information in Criminal Justice Information System 66.101
Computerized Criminal History System Database 66.102
Information Contained in Computerized Criminal History System 66.103
Duties of Texas Department of Criminal Justice Regarding Criminal Justice Information System 66.104
Duties of Licensing Agencies to Provide Information Regarding License Holders 66.105
Information Related to Misused Identity 66.106
Information Related to Non-fingerprint Supported Actions 66.151
Corrections Tracking System Database 66.152
Information Contained in Corrections Tracking System 66.201
Access to Databases by Criminal Justice Agencies and Other Entities 66.202
Request for Data File from Databases 66.203
Public Disclosure of Data Prohibited 66.251
Uniform Incident Fingerprint Card 66.252
Reporting of Information by Local Entities 66.253
Compatibility of Data 66.254
Electronic Reporting of Information 66.255
Information on Subsequent Arrests 66.301
Duties of Criminal Justice Agencies 66.302
Public Disclosure Not Authorized 66.303
Prohibited Acts 66.304
Applicability to District Court and County Court Clerks 66.351
Biennial Plans 66.352
Examination of Records and Operations 66.353
Monitoring and Reporting Duties of Department of Public Safety 66.354
Local Data Advisory Boards 66.401
Grants for Criminal Justice Programs 66.402
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