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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to providing notice of the right to record Department of |
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Family and Protective Services investigative interviews. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 40, Human Resources Code, |
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is amended by adding Section 40.043 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 40.043. NOTICE REGARDING RECORDING OF INVESTIGATIVE |
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INTERVIEWS. An investigator who conducts an interview during the |
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course of a department investigation must provide oral notice to |
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each interviewee at the beginning of the interview that the |
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interviewee has the right to record the interview using an audio |
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recording device. The investigator shall note in the investigation |
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file that the interviewee was notified under this section. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2019. |