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Amend SB 482, on third reading, as follows:
(1) In SECTION 2 of the bill, strike added Section
615.021(e)(1), Government Code, as amended on second reading, and
substitute the following new Section 615.021(e)(1):
(1) "Personal injury" means an injury resulting from an
external force, an activity, or a disease caused by or resulting
from:
(A) a line-of-duty accident; or
(B) an illness caused by line-of-duty work under
hazardous conditions.
(2) In SECTION 3 of the bill, strike added Section
615.072(c)(1), Government Code, as amended on second reading, and
substitute the following new Section 615.072(c)(1):
(1) "Personal injury" means an injury resulting from an
external force, an activity, or a disease caused by or resulting
from:
(A) a line-of-duty accident; or
(B) an illness caused by line-of-duty work under
hazardous conditions.
(3) In SECTION 6 of the bill, strike added Section
811.001(12-a), Government Code, as amended on second reading, and
substitute the following new Section 811.001(12-a):
(12-a) "Occupational death" means death from an injury
resulting from an external force, an activity, or a disease caused
by or resulting from a line-of-duty accident or from an illness
caused by line-of-duty work under hazardous conditions. The term
includes death from accidents or illnesses that directly result
from an action a person is required or authorized by rule, condition
of employment, or law to perform, including an action performed by
the person at a social, ceremonial, athletic, or other function to
which the person is assigned by the person's employer.