Honorable Robert Nichols, Chair, Senate Committee on Transportation
FROM:
Ursula Parks, Director, Legislative Budget Board
IN RE:
SB128 by Garcia (Relating to the inclusion of education and training regarding human trafficking in the curriculum of commercial driver’s license training programs offered by public junior colleges and career schools and colleges and to certain requirements for commercial driver’s licenses.), Committee Report 1st House, Substituted
No significant fiscal implication to the State is anticipated.
The bill would amend the Education and Transportation Codes to direct the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board and the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement to require that training on recognizing and preventing human trafficking be included in commercial driver license training curriculums. The bill would also require the Department of Public Safety to include questions on human trafficking in its examination questions for commercial driver license applicants. The bill would require DPS to provide informational materials in human trafficking to commercial drive license applicants.
It is assumed any costs associated with implementing the provisions of the bill could be absorbed in existing resources.
The bill would take effect immediately upon a vote of two-thirds of all the members of each chamber. Otherwise, the bill would take effect September 1, 2017.
Local Government Impact
No significant fiscal implication to units of local government is anticipated.
Source Agencies:
302 Office of the Attorney General, 320 Texas Workforce Commission, 405 Department of Public Safety, 781 Higher Education Coordinating Board