By Gallegos S.B. No. 1026 75R6272 GJH-D A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to investigations of firefighters and police officers in 1-3 certain municipalities. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Section 143.123, Local Government Code, is 1-6 amended by redesignating Subsection (k) as Subsection (l) and 1-7 adding a new Subsection (k) to read as follows: 1-8 (k) A fire fighter or police officer who is the subject of 1-9 an investigation is entitled on request to have a representative of 1-10 the fire fighter's or police officer's choice present during any 1-11 interrogation under this section. 1-12 (l) If the department head or any investigator violates any 1-13 of the provisions of this section while conducting an 1-14 investigation, the municipality shall reverse any punitive action 1-15 taken pursuant to the investigation including a reprimand, and any 1-16 information obtained during the investigation shall be specifically 1-17 excluded from introduction into evidence in any proceeding against 1-18 the fire fighter or police officer. 1-19 SECTION 2. Section 143.124, Local Government Code, is 1-20 amended by adding Subsection (g) to read as follows: 1-21 (g) A fire fighter or police officer ordered to submit to a 1-22 polygraph under Subsection (f) is entitled on request to have a 1-23 representative of the fire fighter's or police officer's choice 1-24 present during the polygraph examination. 2-1 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 2-2 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-3 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-4 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-5 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended, 2-6 and that this Act take effect and be in force from and after its 2-7 passage, and it is so enacted.