| 1 | 1 | | 85R14531 MM-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Thompson of Harris H.B. No. 272 |
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| 3 | 3 | | Substitute the following for H.B. No. 272: |
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| 4 | 4 | | By: Thompson of Harris C.S.H.B. No. 272 |
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| 7 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 8 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 9 | 9 | | relating to the inclusion of education and training regarding human |
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| 10 | 10 | | trafficking in the curriculum of commercial driver's license |
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| 11 | 11 | | training programs offered by public junior colleges and career |
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| 12 | 12 | | schools and colleges. |
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| 13 | 13 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 14 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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| 15 | 15 | | amended by adding Section 130.0105 to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | Sec. 130.0105. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING |
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| 17 | 17 | | PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS. (a) The Texas Higher |
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| 18 | 18 | | Education Coordinating Board by rule shall require each public |
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| 19 | 19 | | junior college offering a commercial driver's license training |
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| 20 | 20 | | program to include as a part of that program education and training |
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| 21 | 21 | | on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in |
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| 23 | 23 | | collaboration with the office of the attorney general, shall |
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| 24 | 24 | | establish the content of the education and training required by |
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| 25 | 25 | | this section. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is |
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| 27 | 27 | | amended by adding Section 132.006 to read as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sec. 132.006. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING |
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| 29 | 29 | | PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS. (a) The commission by |
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| 30 | 30 | | rule shall require each career school or college offering a |
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| 31 | 31 | | commercial driver's license training program to include as a part |
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| 32 | 32 | | of that program education and training on the recognition and |
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| 33 | 33 | | prevention of human trafficking. |
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| 34 | 34 | | (b) The commission, in collaboration with the office of the |
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| 35 | 35 | | attorney general, shall establish the content of the education and |
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| 36 | 36 | | training required by this section. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 3. (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas |
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| 38 | 38 | | Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 39 | 39 | | implement Section 130.0105, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 40 | 40 | | (b) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas Workforce |
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| 41 | 41 | | Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section |
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| 42 | 42 | | 132.006, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 44 | 44 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 45 | 45 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 46 | 46 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 47 | 47 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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