By: RodrÃguez S.B. No. 1593
(Ortega)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to training by the Texas Department of Transportation on
the recognition and prevention of smuggling and trafficking of
persons.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 201, Transportation Code,
is amended by adding Section 201.407 to read as follows:
Sec. 201.407. TRAINING ON SMUGGLING AND TRAFFICKING OF
PERSONS. (a) The department shall develop and make available to
employees of the department a training course on the recognition
and prevention of smuggling and trafficking of persons.
(b) The department, in collaboration with the office of the
attorney general, shall establish the content of the training
developed under Subsection (a).
(c) On the date an employee begins employment with the
department, the department shall provide notice to the employee of
the availability of the training developed under Subsection (a).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.