| 6 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 5 | | relating to the inclusion of education and training regarding human |
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| 8 | 6 | | trafficking in the curriculum of commercial driver's license |
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| 9 | 7 | | training programs offered by public junior colleges and career |
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| 10 | 8 | | schools and colleges and to certain requirements for commercial |
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| 11 | 9 | | driver's licenses. |
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| 12 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is |
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| 14 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 130.0105 to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 13 | | Sec. 130.0105. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING |
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| 16 | 14 | | PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS. (a) The Texas Higher |
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| 17 | 15 | | Education Coordinating Board by rule shall require each public |
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| 18 | 16 | | junior college offering a commercial driver's license training |
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| 19 | 17 | | program to include as a part of that program education and training |
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| 20 | 18 | | on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking. |
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| 21 | 19 | | (b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in |
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| 22 | 20 | | collaboration with the office of the attorney general, shall |
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| 23 | 21 | | establish the content of the education and training required by |
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| 24 | 22 | | this section. |
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| 25 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is |
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| 26 | 24 | | amended by adding Section 132.006 to read as follows: |
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| 27 | 25 | | Sec. 132.006. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING |
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| 28 | 26 | | PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS. (a) The commission by |
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| 29 | 27 | | rule shall require each career school or college offering a |
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| 30 | 28 | | commercial driver's license training program to include as a part |
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| 31 | 29 | | of that program education and training on the recognition and |
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| 32 | 30 | | prevention of human trafficking. |
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| 33 | 31 | | (b) The commission, in collaboration with the office of the |
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| 34 | 32 | | attorney general, shall establish the content of the education and |
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| 35 | 33 | | training required by this section. |
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| 36 | 34 | | SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 522, Transportation Code, |
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| 37 | 35 | | is amended by adding Section 522.035 to read as follows: |
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| 38 | 36 | | Sec. 522.035. RECOGNITION AND PREVENTION OF HUMAN |
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| 39 | 37 | | TRAFFICKING. The department shall provide informational materials |
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| 40 | 38 | | regarding the recognition and prevention of human trafficking for |
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| 41 | 39 | | distribution to commercial driver's license applicants. The |
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| 42 | 40 | | department may coordinate with organizations that specialize in the |
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| 43 | 41 | | recognition and prevention of human trafficking to provide |
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| 44 | 42 | | informational materials as required by this subsection. |
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| 45 | 43 | | SECTION 4. (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas |
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| 46 | 44 | | Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary to |
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| 47 | 45 | | implement Section 130.0105, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 48 | 46 | | (b) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas Workforce |
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| 49 | 47 | | Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section |
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| 50 | 48 | | 132.006, Education Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 51 | 49 | | (c) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Department of |
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| 52 | 50 | | Public Safety shall provide informational materials as required by |
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| 53 | 51 | | Section 522.035, Transportation Code, as added by this Act. |
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| 54 | 52 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 55 | 53 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 56 | 54 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 57 | 55 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 58 | 56 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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