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Amend CSHB 2730 (House Committee Report) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION and renumbering
subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. Article 2.131, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended to read as follows:
Art. 2.131. RACIAL PROFILING PROHIBITED. (a) A peace officer
may not engage in racial profiling.
(b) A civilian employee of the Department of Public Safety
assigned to a driver's license facility of that department may not
engage in racial profiling in issuing an original, renewal, or
duplicate driver's license, commercial driver's license, or
personal identification certificate.
SECTION 2. Article 2.132, Code of Criminal Procedure, is
amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
(g) To the extent that they can be made applicable, the
provisions of Subsections (b)(1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) also apply
to civilian employees of the Department of Public Safety who are
assigned to the driver's license facilities of the department.