By: West, R. S.B. No. 473
73R3947 MLR-D
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to training for persons licensed by the Commission on Law
1-3 Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-5 SECTION 1. Section 415.032, Government Code, is amended by
1-6 amending Subsection (b), as amended by Section 1, Chapter 469, and
1-7 Section 1, Chapter 773, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular
1-8 Session, 1989, and by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-9 (b) In establishing requirements under this section, the
1-10 commission shall require courses and programs to provide training
1-11 in the investigation of cases that involve one or more of the
1-12 following:
1-13 (1) <involving> child abuse;
1-14 (2) child <or> neglect;
1-15 (3) <,> family violence; and
1-16 (4) <, or> sexual assault. <In addition to this
1-17 training, the commission shall direct law enforcement agencies to
1-18 provide continuing in-house instruction for its officers in the
1-19 recognition of cases involving child abuse or neglect, family
1-20 violence, or sexual assault.>
1-21 (c) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the
1-22 commission shall establish a statewide comprehensive education and
1-23 training program on civil rights, racial sensitivity, and cultural
1-24 diversity for individuals licensed under this chapter.
2-1 SECTION 2. Section 415.034, Government Code, is amended to
2-2 read as follows:
2-3 Sec. 415.034. Continuing Education. (a) The commission
2-4 shall <may> recognize, prepare, or administer <voluntary>
2-5 continuing education programs for officers and county jailers.
2-6 (b) The commission shall <may> require a state, county,
2-7 special district, or municipal agency that appoints or employs
2-8 peace officers to provide each peace officer with a training
2-9 program every 24 months <during a 24-month period>. The course
2-10 must:
2-11 (1) be approved by the commission; and
2-12 (2) <, must> include education and training in:
2-13 (A) civil rights, racial sensitivity, and
2-14 cultural diversity; and
2-15 (B) the recognition of cases that involve one or
2-16 more of the following:
2-17 (i) <involving> child abuse;
2-18 (ii) child <or> neglect;
2-19 (iii) family violence; and
2-20 (iv) sexual assault.
2-21 (c) The course provided under Subsection (b)<, and> may not
2-22 exceed 40 hours.
2-23 (d) A peace officer appointed as a supervisor must receive
2-24 in-service training on supervision as part of the course provided
2-25 under Subsection (b) during the 24-month period after the date of
2-26 appointment as a supervisor.
2-27 (e) An honorably retired commissioned officer of the
3-1 Department of Public Safety who is a special ranger under Section
3-2 411.023 may not be required to undergo training under Subsection
3-3 (b) <this subsection>.
3-4 (f) The commission shall require a state, county, special
3-5 district, or municipal agency that appoints or employs a reserve
3-6 law enforcement officer, county jailer, or public security officer
3-7 to provide each of those individuals with education and training in
3-8 civil rights, racial sensitivity, and cultural diversity every 24
3-9 months.
3-10 SECTION 3. (a) The commission shall establish the new
3-11 education and training programs required by this Act not later than
3-12 January 1, 1994.
3-13 (b) For persons who are officers on September 1, 1993, the
3-14 first set of courses required under Section 415.034, Government
3-15 Code, as amended by this Act, must be completed before September 1,
3-16 1995.
3-17 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
3-18 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
3-19 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-20 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-21 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-22 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.