Bill Text: TX SB233 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to training regarding interactions with law enforcement during traffic stops.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-01-30 - Referred to Education [SB233 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB233-Introduced.html
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| By: Menéndez | S.B. No. 233 | |
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| relating to training regarding interactions with law enforcement | ||
| during traffic stops. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter C, Chapter 1001, Education Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1001.109 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1001.109. INFORMATION RELATING TO TRAFFIC STOPS. The | ||
| commission by rule shall require that information relating to law | ||
| enforcement procedures for traffic stops be included in the | ||
| curriculum of each driver education course and driving safety | ||
| course. The curriculum must include a demonstration of the proper | ||
| actions to be taken during a traffic stop and information regarding | ||
| appropriate interactions with law enforcement. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 1701.253, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (n) to read as follows: | ||
| (n) As part of the minimum curriculum requirements, the | ||
| commission shall establish a statewide education and training | ||
| program on proper procedures for traffic stops, including | ||
| information regarding the appropriate use of force, for officers | ||
| licensed under this chapter. An officer shall complete a program | ||
| established under this subsection not later than the second | ||
| anniversary of the date the officer is licensed under this chapter | ||
| or the date the officer applies for an intermediate proficiency | ||
| certificate, whichever date is earlier. | ||
| SECTION 3. Not later than January 1, 2018, the Texas | ||
| Commission on Law Enforcement shall establish the education and | ||
| training program required by Section 1701.253(n), Occupations | ||
| Code, as added by this Act. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. | ||
