Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

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1		-	By: Creighton, Schwertner S.B. No. 2127
	1	+	By: Creighton S.B. No. 2127
	2	+	(In the Senate - Filed March 7, 2019; March 21, 2019, read
	3	+	first time and referred to Committee on Veteran Affairs & Border
	4	+	Security; April 11, 2019, reported adversely, with favorable
	5	+	Committee Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 4, Nays 3;
	6	+	April 11, 2019, sent to printer.)
	7	+	Click here to see the committee vote
	8	+	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2127 By: Campbell
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4	11		A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	12		AN ACT
6		-	relating to a border ~~operations~~ training program for peace officers
	13	+	relating to a border volunteer training program for peace officers
7	14		employed by local law enforcement agencies.
8	15		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	16		SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
10	17		amended by adding Section 411.02096 to read as follows:
11		-	Sec. 411.02096. BORDER ~~OPERATIONS~~ TRAINING PROGRAM;
	18	+	Sec. 411.02096. BORDER VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAM;
12	19		COMMISSION. (a) The department, in coordination with local law
13	20		enforcement agencies, shall establish and administer a border
14		-	~~operations~~ training program for peace officers employed by local
15		-	~~law~~ enforcement agencies that will prepare the officers to:
	21	+	volunteer training program for peace officers employed by local law
	22	+	enforcement agencies that will prepare the officers to:
16	23		(1) collaborate and cooperate with and assist any law
17	24		enforcement agency in the interdiction, investigation, and
18	25		prosecution of criminal activity in the Texas-Mexico border region;
19	26		and
20	27		(2) collaborate and cooperate with and assist district
21	28		attorneys, county attorneys, the border prosecution unit, and other
22	29		prosecutors in the investigation and prosecution of allegations of
23	30		criminal activity in the Texas-Mexico border region.
24	31		(b) The training program under Subsection (a) must include:
25		-	(1) information on:
26		-	(A) criminal activity occurring along the
27		-	Texas-Mexico border, including drug trafficking and trafficking of
28		-	persons and other activity carried out by cartels, transnational
29		-	gangs, and other groups engaged in organized criminal activity; and
30		-	(B) methods for identifying northbound,
31		-	southbound, and intrastate criminal activity associated with drug
32		-	trafficking, trafficking of persons, and other organized criminal
	32	+	(1) information on criminal activity occurring along
	33	+	the Texas-Mexico border, including drug trafficking and
	34	+	trafficking of persons and other activity carried out by cartels,
	35	+	transnational gangs, and other groups engaged in organized criminal
33	36		activity;
34	37		(2) best practices for investigating and prosecuting
35	38		the criminal activity described by Subdivision (1) and securing the
36	39		Texas-Mexico border; and
37	40		(3) an overview of the department's operations at the
38	41		Texas-Mexico border, including any collaboration with the United
39	42		States Customs and Border Protection.
40		-	(c) The department shall identify opportunities for a peace
41		-	officer described by Subsection (a) to assist in the department's
42		-	duties related to border operations. The department may authorize
43		-	the officer to assist in carrying out those duties.
44		-	(d) A peace officer authorized by the department to assist
45		-	in carrying out duties related to the department's border
46		-	operations as described by Subsection (c) is not entitled to
47		-	compensation from the department for the assistance provided.
48		-	(e) The department may partner with federal agencies in
49		-	administering the training program under Subsection (a) and
50		-	facilitating any assistance provided by a peace officer under
51		-	Subsection (c).
	43	+	(c) If a peace officer described by Subsection (a)
	44	+	successfully completes the training program under this section and
	45	+	volunteers to assist the department and the United States Customs
	46	+	and Border Protection with securing the Texas-Mexico border, the
	47	+	department may:
	48	+	(1) commission the officer as an officer of the
	49	+	department; and
	50	+	(2) deploy the officer to assist the department and,
	51	+	as applicable, the United States Customs and Border Protection, in
	52	+	securing the Texas-Mexico border.
	53	+	(d) A commission under Subsection (c) expires as determined
	54	+	by the department. The department is not required to comply with
	55	+	Section 1701.303, Occupations Code, with respect to a peace officer
	56	+	commissioned under Subsection (c).
	57	+	(e) A volunteer peace officer deployed by the department
	58	+	under Subsection (c) is not entitled to compensation for the
	59	+	assistance provided.
52	60		SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
53	61		amended by adding Section 1701.359 to read as follows:
54		-	Sec. 1701.359. BORDER ~~OPERATIONS~~ TRAINING PROGRAM. The
	62	+	Sec. 1701.359. BORDER VOLUNTEER TRAINING PROGRAM. The
55	63		commission may:
56	64		(1) recognize, or with the consent of the Department
57		-	of Public Safety administer or assist in administering, the border
58		-	operations training program established under Section 411.02096,
59		-	Government Code, as a continuing education program for officers;
60		-	and
	65	+	of Public Safety administer, the border volunteer training program
	66	+	established under Section 411.02096, Government Code, as a
	67	+	continuing education program for officers; and
61	68		(2) credit an officer who successfully completes the
62	69		program described by Subdivision (1) with the appropriate number of
63	70		continuing education hours.
64	71		SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
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