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Senate Bill 687 |
Senate Author: Hegar et al. |
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Effective: 9-1-09 |
House Sponsor: Driver |
Senate Bill 687 amends the Government Code to expand the injuries for which a peace officer is entitled to injury leave and related benefits to include an injury sustained due to the nature of the officer's duties and that occurs during the course of the officer's performance of duty, rather than only an injury resulting from an assaultive offense that occurs under those circumstances. An officer is not entitled to such injury leave if the officer's own gross negligence contributed to the officer's injury or the injury was related to the performance of routine office duties. The bill removes a provision excluding transportation to or from the person's designated headquarters or the site of an assignment from the course of performance of a person's duty.