85R1588 MM-D
 
  By: Garcia S.B. No. 128
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a required training course on human trafficking for
  commercial driver's license applicants.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 522.021, Transportation Code, is amended
  by adding Subsection (a-2) to read as follows:
         (a-2)  An applicant for a commercial driver's license must
  furnish to the department evidence satisfactory to the department
  that the applicant has successfully completed a recognition and
  prevention of human trafficking training course approved by the
  department under Section 522.035.
         SECTION 2.  Section 522.022, Transportation Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         Sec. 522.022.  LICENSE REQUIREMENTS.  The department may
  not issue a commercial driver's license other than a non-domiciled
  license to a person unless the person:
               (1)  has a domicile:
                     (A)  in this state; or
                     (B)  in another state and is a member of the United
  States armed forces, including a member of the National Guard or a
  reserve or auxiliary unit of any branch of the armed forces, whose
  temporary or permanent duty station is located in this state;
               (2)  has passed knowledge and skills tests for driving
  a commercial motor vehicle that comply with minimal federal
  standards established by 49 C.F.R. Part 383, Subparts G and H; [and]
               (3)  has completed a recognition and prevention of
  human trafficking training course approved by the department under
  Section 522.035; and
               (4)  has satisfied the requirements imposed by the
  federal act, federal regulation, or state law.
         SECTION 3.  Subchapter C, Chapter 522, Transportation Code,
  is amended by adding Section 522.035 to read as follows:
         Sec. 522.035.  RECOGNITION AND PREVENTION OF HUMAN
  TRAFFICKING TRAINING COURSE. (a) The department by rule shall: 
               (1)  prescribe minimum standards for the training
  course on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking that
  is required for commercial driver's license applicants under
  Section 522.022; and
               (2)  develop an approval procedure for training courses
  that meet the minimum standards prescribed under this subsection.
         (b)  In adopting the rules, the department may consult with
  organizations that develop training courses on the recognition and
  prevention of human trafficking.
         SECTION 4.  (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the
  Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules necessary to
  implement Section 522.035, Transportation Code, as added by this
  Act.
         (b)  The changes in law made by this Act apply only to an
  application for an original commercial driver's license submitted
  on or after the effective date of this Act. An application for an
  original commercial driver's license submitted before the
  effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
  application was submitted, and the former law is continued in
  effect for that purpose.
         SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2017.