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Texas Transportation Code - TRANSP § 720.002. Prohibition on Traffic-Offense Quotas

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) A political subdivision or an agency of this state may not establish or maintain, formally or informally, a plan to evaluate, promote, compensate, or discipline:

(1) a peace officer according to the officer's issuance of a predetermined or specified number of any type or combination of types of traffic citations;  or

(2) a justice of the peace or a judge of a county court, statutory county court, municipal court, or municipal court of record according to the amount of money the justice or judge collects from persons convicted of a traffic offense.

(b) A political subdivision or an agency of this state may not require or suggest to a peace officer, a justice of the peace, or a judge of a county court, statutory county court, municipal court, or municipal court of record:

(1) that the peace officer is required or expected to issue a predetermined or specified number of any type or combination of types of traffic citations within a specified period;  or

(2) that the justice or judge is required or expected to collect a predetermined amount of money from persons convicted of a traffic offense within a specified period.

(c) Repealed by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., ch. 737, § 1.

(d) This section does not prohibit a municipality from obtaining budgetary information from a municipal court or a municipal court of record, including an estimate of the amount of money the court anticipates will be collected in a budget year.

(e) A violation of this section by an elected official is misconduct and a ground for removal from office.  A violation of this section by a person who is not an elected official is a ground for removal from the person's position.

(f) In this section:

(1) “Conviction” means the rendition of an order by a court imposing a punishment of incarceration or a fine.

(2) “Traffic offense” means an offense under:

(A) Chapter 521;  or

(B) Subtitle C.  1

1  V.T.C.A. Transportation Code § 541.001 et seq.
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