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Senate Bill 396 |
Senate Author: Hegar |
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Effective: 9-1-13 |
House Sponsor: Martinez |
Senate Bill 396 amends the Government Code to expand the applicability of state law regarding financial assistance to survivors of certain law enforcement officers, firefighters, and others to include eligible survivors of a Department of Public Safety (DPS) employee or Texas Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) employee who, as certified by the public safety director of DPS and the executive director of TPWD, respectively, is deployed into the field in direct support of a law enforcement operation and is given a special assignment in direct support of operations relating to organized crime, criminal interdiction, border security, counterterrorism, intelligence, traffic enforcement, emergency management, regulatory services, or special investigations.