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AN ACT
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relating to the inclusion of education and training regarding human |
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trafficking in the curriculum of commercial driver's license |
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training programs offered by public junior colleges and career |
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schools and colleges and to certain requirements for commercial |
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driver's licenses. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 130.0105 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 130.0105. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING |
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PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS. (a) The Texas Higher |
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Education Coordinating Board by rule shall require each public |
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junior college offering a commercial driver's license training |
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program to include as a part of that program education and training |
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on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking. |
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(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in |
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collaboration with the office of the attorney general, shall |
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establish the content of the education and training required by |
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this section. |
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SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 132.006 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 132.006. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING |
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PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS. (a) The commission by |
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rule shall require each career school or college offering a |
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commercial driver's license training program to include as a part |
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of that program education and training on the recognition and |
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prevention of human trafficking. |
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(b) The commission, in collaboration with the office of the |
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attorney general, shall establish the content of the education and |
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training required by this section. |
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SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 522, Transportation Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 522.035 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 522.035. RECOGNITION AND PREVENTION OF HUMAN |
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TRAFFICKING. The department shall provide informational materials |
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regarding the recognition and prevention of human trafficking for |
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distribution to commercial driver's license applicants. The |
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department may coordinate with organizations that specialize in the |
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recognition and prevention of human trafficking to provide |
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informational materials as required by this subsection. |
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SECTION 4. (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas |
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Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary to |
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implement Section 130.0105, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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(b) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas Workforce |
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Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section |
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132.006, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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(c) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Department of |
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Public Safety shall provide informational materials as required by |
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Section 522.035, Transportation Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 128 passed the Senate on March |
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30, 2017, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 128 passed the House on May 4, |
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2017, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 2, two present not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |