82nd Texas Legislature, Regular Session, House Bill 1541, Chapter 1252 Page: 1 of 4

Chapter 1252
H.B. No. 1541
1 AN ACT
2 relating to the prevention of automobile burglary and theft.
3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
4 SECTION 1. Section 6, Article 4413(37), Revised Statutes,
5 is amended by adding Subsections (j) and (k) to read as follows:
6 (j) The authority shall:
7 (1) develop and use standard performance measures for
8 each .category of grants provided by the authority in order to assess
9 grantee success in achieving the purposes of this article; and
10 (2) ensure that grants are used to help increase:
11 (A) the recovery rate of stolen motor vehicles;
12 (B) the clearance rate of motor vehicle
13 burglaries and thefts; and
14 (C) the number of persons arrested for motor
15 vehicle burglary and.theft.
16 (k) The authority shall allocate grant funds primarily
17 based on the number of motor vehicles stolen in, or the motor
18 vehicle burglary or theft rate across, the state rather than based
19 on geographic distribution.
20 SECTION 2. Section 7(a), Article 4413(37), Revised
21 Statutes, is amended to read as follows:
22 (a) The authority shall develop and implement a plan of
23 operation. The plan of operation must be updated biennially and
24 filed with the legislature on or before December 1 of each