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By:  Ellis, et al.                                                S.B. No. 603


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to an education and training program on handling the 
arrest of a foreign national.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
	(j)  As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the 
commission shall establish a statewide comprehensive education and 
training program on handling the arrest and detention of a foreign 
national in a manner consistent with the procedures of the 
Department of Public Safety.  An officer shall complete a program 
established under this subsection not later than the second 
anniversary of the date the officer is licensed under this chapter 
or the date the officer applies for an intermediate proficiency 
certificate, whichever date is earlier.
	SECTION 2.  Section 1701.402, Occupations Code, is amended 
by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(g)  As a requirement for an intermediate proficiency 
certificate, an officer must complete an education and training 
program on the requirements for handling the arrest of a foreign 
national that are established by the commission under Section 
1701.253(j).
	SECTION 3.  (a)  Not later than January 1, 2006, the 
Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education shall 
establish the curriculum for a comprehensive education and training 
program for peace officers as required by Subsection (j), Section 
1701.253, and Subsection (g), Section 1701.402, Occupations Code, 
as added by this Act.
	(b)  A person who, on September 1, 2005, holds an 
intermediate proficiency certificate issued under Section 
1701.402, Occupations Code, or has held a peace officer license 
issued by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and 
Education for more than two years shall complete an educational 
training program on the requirements for handling the arrest of a 
foreign national that are established under Subsection (j), Section 
1701.253, Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not later than 
September 1, 2007.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.