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	Amend CSHB 3389 as follows:                                                  

(1)  On page 5, line 14, strike "and 1701.162" and substitute 	"1701.162, and 1701.163".
	(2)  On page 8, between lines 7 and 8, insert the following:                   
	Sec. 1701.163.  INFORMATION PROVIDED BY COMMISSIONING 
ENTITIES.  (a)  This section applies only to an entity authorized by 
statute or by the constitution to create a law enforcement agency or 
police department and commission, appoint, or employ officers that 
first creates a law enforcement agency or police department and 
first begins to commission, appoint, or employ officers on or after 
September 1, 2009.
	(b)  The entity shall submit to the commission on creation of 
the law enforcement agency or police department information 
regarding:
		(1)  the need for the law enforcement agency or police 
department in the community;
		(2)  the funding sources for the law enforcement agency 
or police department;
		(3)  the physical resources available to officers;                     
		(4)  the physical facilities that the law enforcement 
agency or police department will operate, including descriptions of 
the evidence room, dispatch area, and public area;
		(5)  law enforcement policies of the law enforcement 
agency or police department, including policies on:
			(A)  use of force;                                                    
			(B)  vehicle pursuit;                                                 
			(C)  professional conduct of officers;                                
			(D)  domestic abuse protocols;                                        
			(E)  response to missing persons;                                     
			(F)  supervision of part-time officers; and                           
			(G)  impartial policing;                                              
		(6)  the administrative structure of the law 
enforcement agency or police department;
		(7)  liability insurance; and                                          
		(8)  any other information the commission requires by 
rule.