Amend CSSB 9 (senate committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and renumbering the remaining SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:

SECTION ____. Subchapter F, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 1701.260 to read as follows:

Sec. 1701.260. IMMIGRATION LAW ENFORCEMENT TRAINING PROGRAM. (a) The commission shall establish a training program on the enforcement of federal law relating to immigrants or immigration for each officer licensed under this chapter whose duties include the enforcement of those laws. The program must provide information regarding:

(1) the authority of an officer to arrest or detain a person for a violation of federal immigration law;

(2) the requirements of Article 2.252, Code of Criminal Procedure; and

(3) the identification of and strategies for handling issues related to offenses involving the trafficking of, or other unlawful transportation of, persons.

(b) The commission shall administer the immigration law enforcement training program and shall issue a certificate of proficiency to each officer the commission determines has successfully completed the training program.