By: Armbrister S.B. No. 914 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED AN ACT 1-1 relating to disciplinary procedures for commissioned peace officers 1-2 and other employees of the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission. 1-3 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-4 SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 5, Alcoholic Beverage Code, 1-5 is amended by adding Section 5.104 to read as follows: 1-6 Sec. 5.104. EMPLOYEE DISCIPLINARY PROCEDURES. (a) The 1-7 commission or the administrator may not take a disciplinary action 1-8 against a commissioned peace officer or another employee of the 1-9 commission without just cause or without providing due process. 1-10 (b) An officer or employee who is subject to disciplinary 1-11 action is entitled to an internal appeal of the action before the 1-12 action becomes final. The commission shall adopt a rule 1-13 establishing procedures for an internal appeal and shall provide a 1-14 written description of the rule to the commission's employees. 1-15 (c) The commission shall place an officer or employee who is 1-16 dismissed for cause on administrative leave without pay until the 1-17 disposition of the internal appeal. If the allegations that formed 1-18 the basis for the dismissal are rejected on appeal, the commission 1-19 shall reinstate the officer or employee to the person's former 1-20 status and the officer or employee is entitled to back pay in the 1-21 amount equal to the pay withheld during the administrative leave 1-22 imposed by the commission. 1-23 (d) In this section, "disciplinary action" means a written 1-24 reprimand, suspension without pay, demotion for cause, disciplinary 2-1 probation, or dismissal. 2-2 SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-3 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-4 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-5 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-6 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-7 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.