1-1 By: West S.B. No. 473
1-2 (In the Senate - Filed February 24, 1993; February 25, 1993,
1-3 read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
1-4 March 16, 1993, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 6,
1-5 Nays 0; March 16, 1993, sent to printer.)
1-6 COMMITTEE VOTE
1-7 Yea Nay PNV Absent
1-8 Whitmire x
1-9 Brown x
1-10 Nelson x
1-11 Sibley x
1-12 Sims x
1-13 Turner x
1-14 West x
1-15 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-16 AN ACT
1-17 relating to training for persons licensed by the Commission on Law
1-18 Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
1-19 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-20 SECTION 1. Section 415.032, Government Code, is amended by
1-21 amending Subsection (b), as amended by Section 1, Chapter 469, and
1-22 Section 1, Chapter 773, Acts of the 71st Legislature, Regular
1-23 Session, 1989, and by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
1-24 (b) In establishing requirements under this section, the
1-25 commission shall require courses and programs to provide training
1-26 in the investigation of cases that involve one or more of the
1-27 following:
1-28 (1) <involving> child abuse;
1-29 (2) child <or> neglect;
1-30 (3) <,> family violence; and
1-31 (4) <, or> sexual assault<. In addition to this
1-32 training, the commission shall direct law enforcement agencies to
1-33 provide continuing in-house instruction for its officers in the
1-34 recognition of cases involving child abuse or neglect, family
1-35 violence, or sexual assault>.
1-36 (c) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the
1-37 commission shall establish a statewide comprehensive education and
1-38 training program on civil rights, racial sensitivity, and cultural
1-39 diversity for individuals licensed under this chapter.
1-40 SECTION 2. Section 415.034, Government Code, is amended to
1-41 read as follows:
1-42 Sec. 415.034. Continuing Education. (a) The commission
1-43 shall <may> recognize, prepare, or administer <voluntary>
1-44 continuing education programs for officers and county jailers.
1-45 (b) The commission shall <may> require a state, county,
1-46 special district, or municipal agency that appoints or employs
1-47 peace officers to provide each peace officer with a training
1-48 program every 24 months <during a 24-month period>. The course
1-49 must:
1-50 (1) be approved by the commission; and
1-51 (2) <, must> include education and training in:
1-52 (A) civil rights, racial sensitivity, and
1-53 cultural diversity; and
1-54 (B) the recognition of cases that involve one or
1-55 more of the following:
1-56 (i) <involving> child abuse;
1-57 (ii) child <or> neglect;
1-58 (iii) family violence; and
1-59 (iv) sexual assault.
1-60 (c) The course provided under Subsection (b)<, and> may not
1-61 exceed 40 hours.
1-62 (d) A peace officer appointed as a supervisor must receive
1-63 in-service training on supervision as part of the course provided
1-64 under Subsection (b) during the 24-month period after the date of
1-65 appointment as a supervisor.
1-66 (e) An honorably retired commissioned officer of the
1-67 Department of Public Safety who is a special ranger under Section
1-68 411.023 may not be required to undergo training under Subsection
2-1 (b) <this subsection>.
2-2 (f) The commission shall require a state, county, special
2-3 district, or municipal agency that appoints or employs a reserve
2-4 law enforcement officer, county jailer, or public security officer
2-5 to provide each of those individuals with education and training in
2-6 civil rights, racial sensitivity, and cultural diversity every 24
2-7 months.
2-8 SECTION 3. (a) The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
2-9 Standards and Education shall establish the new education and
2-10 training programs required by this Act not later than January 1,
2-11 1994.
2-12 (b) For persons who are officers on September 1, 1993, the
2-13 first set of courses required under Section 415.034, Government
2-14 Code, as amended by this Act, must be completed before September 1,
2-15 1995.
2-16 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1993.
2-17 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the
2-18 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
2-19 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
2-20 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
2-21 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
2-22 * * * * *
2-23 Austin,
2-24 Texas
2-25 March 16, 1993
2-26 Hon. Bob Bullock
2-27 President of the Senate
2-28 Sir:
2-29 We, your Committee on Criminal Justice to which was referred S.B.
2-30 No. 473, have had the same under consideration, and I am instructed
2-31 to report it back to the Senate with the recommendation that it do
2-32 pass and be printed.
2-33 Whitmire,
2-34 Chairman
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2-36 WITNESSES
2-37 FOR AGAINST ON
2-38 ___________________________________________________________________
2-39 Name: Ross Schulle x
2-40 Representing: Tx Comm On Law Enforcement
2-41 City: Austin
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2-43 Name: Jimmy Spivey x
2-44 Representing: Tx Police Chiefs Assn
2-45 City: Dallas
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2-47 Name: Jack L. Ryle x
2-48 Representing: Tx Police Assn
2-49 City: Austin
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2-51 Name: Jim Lyde x
2-52 Representing: Tx Municipal Police Assn
2-53 City: Austin
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