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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to county jailer training on interacting with veterans in |
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| 8 | 8 | | the criminal justice system. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 1701.310, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (g) The commission shall require a county jailer who has |
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| 13 | 13 | | been licensed as a county jailer for more than one year to complete |
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| 14 | 14 | | a one-time training program on interacting with veterans in the |
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| 15 | 15 | | criminal justice system. A county jailer may complete the training |
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| 16 | 16 | | program as an online course. |
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| 17 | 17 | | SECTION 2. (a) The change in law made by this Act applies to |
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| 18 | 18 | | a county jailer licensed under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, |
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| 19 | 19 | | regardless of whether the license was issued before, on, or after |
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| 20 | 20 | | the effective date of this Act. |
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| 21 | 21 | | (b) A county jailer who, as of the effective date of this |
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| 22 | 22 | | Act, has been licensed as a county jailer for more than one year |
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| 23 | 23 | | shall complete the training program described by Section |
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| 24 | 24 | | 1701.310(g), Occupations Code, as added by this Act, not later than |
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| 25 | 25 | | September 1, 2023. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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