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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the suspension of the license of a dishonorably |
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discharged law enforcement officer. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 1701.4521(a), Occupations Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The commission shall suspend the license of an officer |
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licensed under this chapter on notification that the officer has |
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been dishonorably discharged [if the officer has previously been |
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dishonorably discharged from another law enforcement agency]. |
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SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "dishonorably discharged" |
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has the meaning assigned by Section 1701.452, Occupations Code. |
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(b) Section 1701.4521(a), Occupations Code, as amended by |
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this Act, applies only to the suspension of a license issued under |
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Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, for a law enforcement officer who |
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is dishonorably discharged on or after the effective date of this |
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Act. The suspension of a license for a law enforcement officer who |
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is dishonorably discharged before the effective date of this Act is |
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governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective |
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date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |