By:  Madla, Barrientos                                            S.B. No. 1567


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial in the Capitol 
Complex.      
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 11, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Chapter 3105 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 3105.  TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL
	Sec. 3105.001.  PURPOSE OF MEMORIAL.  The Texas Peace 
Officers' Memorial is a monument erected on the grounds of the 
Capitol Complex to recognize and honor the ultimate sacrifice made 
by law enforcement and corrections officers in this state who were 
killed in the line of duty.
	Sec. 3105.002.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:                          
		(1)  "Board" means the State Preservation Board.                       
		(2)  "Commission" means the Commission on Law 
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
		(3)  "Memorial" means the Texas Peace Officers' 
Memorial.            
	Sec. 3105.003.  ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMORIAL.  A person is 
eligible to have the person's name on the memorial if the person was 
killed in the line of duty and was:
		(1)  a law enforcement officer or peace officer for 
this state or a political subdivision of this state under Article 
2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law; or
		(2)  a corrections or detention officer or county or 
municipal jailer employed or appointed by a municipal, county, or 
state penal institution in this state.
	Sec. 3105.004.  MAINTENANCE OF MEMORIAL.  (a)  The board is 
responsible for the maintenance of the memorial.  The board shall:
		(1)  establish a schedule for the maintenance of the 
memorial; and   
		(2)  select persons to maintain the memorial.                          
	(b)  The commission shall:                                              
		(1)  establish and maintain historical and archival 
records of the inducted officers and jailers that must be 
accessible to family members and independent researchers;
		(2)  adopt rules and establish procedures for adding 
names to the memorial in accordance with Section 3105.003; and
		(3)  raise money from private or public entities for 
the continued maintenance and update of the memorial and transfer 
all the money to the board.
	(c)  The commission may contract with public or private 
entities to:  
		(1)  facilitate research;                                              
		(2)  establish and maintain historical and archival 
records; and     
		(3)  store records in a place accessible to the public.                
	Sec. 3105.005.  ACCOUNT.  (a)  Money contributed to the 
state for a purpose related to the memorial shall be deposited  by 
the board in the Capitol fund to the credit of a separate 
interest-bearing account established for the memorial.
	(b)  Notwithstanding other law, income from investments of 
money in the account shall be deposited to the credit of the 
account.
	(c)  Money in the account may be used only for the purposes 
prescribed by this chapter.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is 
repealed.       
	SECTION 3.  The advisory committee created under Subchapter 
Z, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, which is repealed by this Act, is 
abolished.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
Act takes effect September 1, 2003.