Texas Transportation Code
§ 720.002 — PROHIBITION ON TRAFFIC-OFFENSE QUOTAS
TN § 720.002Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part I. ENFORCEMENT OF TRAFFIC LAWS · Ch. 720. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
Statute text
View on source(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.
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 737 (S.B. 420), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.