Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2B.0051

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 2B.0051 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Definitions

In this subchapter:

(1) "Bodily injury" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07, Penal Code.

(2) "Motor vehicle stop" means an occasion in which a peace officer stops a motor vehicle for an alleged violation of a law or ordinance.

(3) "Race or ethnicity" means the following categories:

(A) Alaska native or American Indian;

(B) Asian or Pacific Islander;

(C) black;

(D) Hispanic or Latino; and

(E) white.

(4) "Racial profiling" means a law enforcement-initiated action based on an individual's race, ethnicity, or national origin rather than on the individual's behavior or on information identifying the individual as having engaged in criminal activity. (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 2.132(a)(2), (3), (b) (part), 2.133(a), (b) (part), 2.134(a), 3.05.)

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 2B.0051

Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 1.001, eff. 1/1/2025.