Tex. Government Code § 22.011
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§ 22.011. JUDICIAL INSTRUCTION RELATED TO FAMILY VIOLENCE, SEXUAL ASSAULT, TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS, AND CHILD ABUSE.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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.
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