By: Garcia, et al. S.B. No. 128
(Thompson of Harris)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 130, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 130.0105 to read as follows:
Sec. 130.0105. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING
PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS. (a) The Texas Higher
Education Coordinating Board by rule shall require each public
junior college offering a commercial driver's license training
program to include as a part of that program education and training
on the recognition and prevention of human trafficking.
(b) The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in
collaboration with the office of the attorney general, shall
establish the content of the education and training required by
this section.
SECTION 2. Subchapter A, Chapter 132, Education Code, is
amended by adding Section 132.006 to read as follows:
Sec. 132.006. COMMERCIAL DRIVER'S LICENSE TRAINING
PROGRAM; CERTAIN CURRICULUM REQUIREMENTS. (a) The commission by
rule shall require each career school or college offering a
commercial driver's license training program to include as a part
of that program education and training on the recognition and
prevention of human trafficking.
(b) The commission, in collaboration with the office of the
attorney general, shall establish the content of the education and
training required by this section.
SECTION 3. Subchapter C, Chapter 522, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 522.035 to read as follows:
Sec. 522.035. RECOGNITION AND PREVENTION OF HUMAN
TRAFFICKING. The department shall provide informational materials
regarding the recognition and prevention of human trafficking for
distribution to commercial driver's license applicants. The
department may coordinate with organizations that specialize in the
recognition and prevention of human trafficking to provide
informational materials as required by this subsection.
SECTION 4. (a) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas
Higher Education Coordinating Board shall adopt rules necessary to
implement Section 130.0105, Education Code, as added by this Act.
(b) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Texas Workforce
Commission shall adopt rules necessary to implement Section
132.006, Education Code, as added by this Act.
(c) Not later than December 1, 2017, the Department of
Public Safety shall provide informational materials as required by
Section 522.035, Transportation Code, as added by this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2017.