Tex. Gov't Code § 22.011 · Subchapter A. SUPREME COURT
JUDICIAL INSTRUCTION RELATED TO FAMILY VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS, AND CHILD ABUSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The supreme court shall provide judicial training related to the problems of family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, and child abuse and to issues concerning sex offender characteristics.
(d) The instruction must include information about:
(1) statutory and case law relating to videotaping a child's testimony and relating to competency of children to testify;
(2) methods for eliminating the trauma to the child caused by the court process;
(3) case law, statutory law, and procedural rules relating to family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, and child abuse;
(4) methods for providing protection for victims of family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, or child abuse;
(5) available community and state resources for counseling and other aid to victims and to offenders;
(6) gender bias in the judicial process;
(7) dynamics and effects of being a victim of family violence, sexual assault, trafficking of persons, or child abuse; and
(8) issues concerning sex offender characteristics.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 795, Sec. 27, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 282, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 254, Sec. 1, eff. May 29, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 332 (H.B. 10), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2015.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.22.htm
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Gov't Code § 22.011. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 499.027ELIGIBLE INMATES.Printed as Section 22.011
- Tex. Gov't Code § 772.00791GRANT PROGRAM TO ASSIST LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT IN SOLVING VIOLENT AND SEXUAL OFFENSES.Printed as Section 22.011
- Tex. Gov't Code § 824.009CERTAIN EMPLOYEES AND ANNUITANTS INELIGIBLE FOR RETIREMENT ANNUITY; RESUMPTION OR RESTORATION OF ELIGIBILITY.Printed as Section 22.011
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