By: Nelson, Huffman  S.B. No. 2222
         (In the Senate - Filed April 20, 2021; April 21, 2021, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 28, 2021,
  reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
  following vote:  Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 28, 2021, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2222 By:  Nelson
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to certain equipment provided for use by the officers of
  the Texas Highway Patrol.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 411.033 to read as follows:
         Sec. 411.033.  CERTAIN EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLES. The
  department shall equip all motor vehicles used by officers of the
  Texas Highway Patrol in discharging the officers' official duties
  with bullet-resistant windshields. 
         SECTION 2.  The Department of Public Safety is required to
  implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
  appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
  legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
  purpose, the Department of Public Safety may, but is not required
  to, implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations
  available for that purpose.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
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