Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 351.257 · Subchapter J. COUNTY ADULT SEXUAL ASSAULT RESPONSE TEAMS
REPORT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Not later than December 1 of each odd-numbered year, a response team shall provide to the commissioners court of each county the response team serves a report that includes:
(1) a list of response team members able to participate in the quarterly meetings required by Section 351.254(c);
(2) a copy of the written protocol developed under Section 351.256; and
(3) either:
(A) a biennial summary detailing:
(i) the number of sexual assault reports received by local law enforcement agencies;
(ii) the number of investigations conducted as a result of those reports;
(iii) the number of indictments presented in connection with a report and the disposition of those cases;
(iv) the number of reports of sexual assault for which no indictment was presented; and
(v) the number of evidence collection kits described by Section 420.031, Government Code, that a law enforcement agency did not take possession of within the period required by Section 420.035(b) or (c), Government Code, as applicable; or
(B) an explanation of the reason the response team failed to provide the information described by Paragraph (A).
(b) Not later than February 1 of each even-numbered year, the commissioners court of each county that receives a report described by Subsection (a) during the preceding year shall submit that report to the Sexual Assault Survivors' Task Force established under Section 772.0064, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 568 (S.B. 476), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 22 (S.B. 608), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 365 (H.B. 47), Sec. 15, eff. September 1, 2025.
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