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| 1 | 1 | 81R3259 JD-D | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Burnam H.B. No. 384 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the prevention of racial profiling by certain civilian | |
| 8 | 8 | employees of the Department of Public Safety. | |
| 9 | 9 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 10 | 10 | SECTION 1. Article 2.131, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 11 | 11 | amended to read as follows: | |
| 12 | 12 | Art. 2.131. RACIAL PROFILING PROHIBITED. (a) A peace | |
| 13 | 13 | officer may not engage in racial profiling. | |
| 14 | 14 | (b) A civilian employee of the Department of Public Safety | |
| 15 | 15 | assigned to a driver's license facility of that department may not | |
| 16 | 16 | engage in racial profiling in issuing an original, renewal, or | |
| 17 | 17 | duplicate driver's license, commercial driver's license, or | |
| 18 | 18 | personal identification certificate. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. Article 2.132, Code of Criminal Procedure, is | |
| 20 | 20 | amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: | |
| 21 | 21 | (g) To the extent that they can be made applicable, the | |
| 22 | 22 | provisions of Subsections (b)(1), (2), (3), (4), and (5) also apply | |
| 23 | 23 | to civilian employees of the Department of Public Safety who are | |
| 24 | 24 | assigned to the driver's license facilities of the department. | |
| 25 | 25 | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |