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Amend CSSB 4 (senate committee printing) in SECTION 5 of the bill, in added Subchapter C, Chapter 752, Government Code (page 6, between lines 6 and 7), by inserting the following appropriately numbered section:
Sec. 752.___. COMMUNITY OUTREACH POLICY. (a) Each law enforcement agency that is subject to the requirements of this subchapter may adopt a written policy requiring the agency to perform community outreach activities to educate the public that a person employed by or otherwise under the direction or control of the agency may not inquire into the immigration status of a detained person if the detention occurred solely because the person:
(1) is a victim of or witness to a criminal offense; or
(2) is reporting a criminal offense.
(b) A policy adopted under this section must include outreach to victims of:
(1) family violence, as that term is defined by Section 71.004, Family Code, including those receiving services at family violence centers under Chapter 51, Human Resources Code; and
(2) sexual assault, including those receiving services under a sexual assault program, as those terms are defined by Section 420.003.