Texas § 351.257 REPORT.

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§ 351.257 — REPORT.

Texas § 351.257

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Tex. Local Government Code Code Ann. § 351.257 (2026).

Text

Sec. 351.257. REPORT.

(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 numbe

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Sec. 351.257. REPORT. (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.

Legislative 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.