By: Eckels H.B. No. 2328 73R2576 JRD-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to benefits to peace officers to recognize their work in 1-3 the field of law enforcement. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 36.10, Penal Code, is amended by adding 1-6 Subsection (d) to read as follows: 1-7 (d) Sections 36.08 (Gift to Public Servant) and 36.09 1-8 (Offering Gift to Public Servant) of this code do not apply to a 1-9 benefit to a person who is a peace officer under Article 2.12, Code 1-10 of Criminal Procedure, or other law, if: 1-11 (1) the value of the benefit does not exceed $100; and 1-12 (2) the benefit is publicly conferred to recognize the 1-13 person's achievements in the field of law enforcement. 1-14 SECTION 2. Subchapter C, Chapter 415, Government Code, is 1-15 amended by adding Section 415.0625 to read as follows: 1-16 Sec. 415.0625. ACCEPTANCE OF BENEFIT TO RECOGNIZE 1-17 ACHIEVEMENT. A person may confer and a peace officer may accept a 1-18 benefit in recognition of the peace officer's achievements in the 1-19 field of law enforcement as provided by Section 36.10(d), Penal 1-20 Code. 1-21 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-22 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 1-23 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 1-24 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-1 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-2 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-3 passage, and it is so enacted.