1-1     By:  Hinojosa (Senate Sponsor - Moncrief)             H.B. No. 3491
 1-2           (In the Senate - Received from the House April 30, 2001;
 1-3     April 30, 2001, read first time and referred to Committee on
 1-4     Criminal Justice; May 10, 2001, reported favorably by the following
 1-5     vote:  Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 10, 2001, sent to printer.)
 1-6                            A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-7                                   AN ACT
 1-8     relating to the training of law enforcement officers and recruits
 1-9     on dual arrests and the determination of predominant aggressors in
1-10     family violence situations.
1-11           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-12           SECTION 1. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended by
1-13     adding Subsection (e) to read as follows:
1-14           (e)  Training officers and recruits in investigation of cases
1-15     required by Subsection (b)(1)(B) shall include instruction in
1-16     preventing dual arrest whenever possible and conducting a thorough
1-17     investigation to determine which person is the predominant
1-18     aggressor when allegations of family violence from two or more
1-19     opposing persons are received arising from the same incident.
1-20           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.
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