By Bailey H.B. No. 3722 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to certain diseases or illnesses suffered by a public 1-3 safety employee. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Chapter 607, Government Code, is amended by 1-6 adding the following: 1-7 Sec. 607.005. TUBERCULOSIS BENEFITS. The contracting of 1-8 tuberculosis shall be considered a line-of-duty illness and the 1-9 employing political subdivision shall be responsible and cover all 1-10 expenses, leave, and pay required by the public safety employee 1-11 unless clear and convincing evidence proves the public safety 1-12 employee contracted the disease otherwise. 1-13 SECTION 2. (a) This Act takes effect September 1, 1999. 1-14 (b) The changes in law made by this Act relating to 1-15 contracting tuberculosis apply only to contracting tuberculosis on 1-16 or after the effective date of this Act. Contracting tuberculosis 1-17 before the effective date of this Act is covered by the law in 1-18 effect on the date of contracting tuberculosis and that law is 1-19 continued in effect for that purpose. 1-20 SECTION 3. The importance of this legislation and the 1-21 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-1 emergency and an imperative necessity that the constitutional rule 2-2 requiring bills to be read on three several days in each house be 2-3 suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.