By Moreno H.B. No. 551 74R996 PAM-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to certain supplies for constables and deputy constables. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 86, Local Government Code, 1-5 is amended to add Section 86.004 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 86.004. NECESSARY ITEMS. The commissioners court of a 1-7 county shall provide to a constable and deputy constable engaged in 1-8 law enforcement activity: 1-9 (1) operational communication apparatus other than an 1-10 office telephone, which may include a two-way radio or mobile 1-11 phone; 1-12 (2) a reasonable number of bulletproof vests; 1-13 (3) at least one uniform for each person; 1-14 (4) at least one telephone for each office; and 1-15 (5) at least one vehicle for each office or 1-16 reimbursement for mileage and maintenance for a vehicle used by the 1-17 constable or deputy constable to perform official duties. 1-18 SECTION 2. This Act applies beginning on the first day of a 1-19 county's first fiscal year that begins after the effective date of 1-20 this Act. 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.