78R4034 YDB-F

By:  Madla                                                        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 3103 to read as follows:

CHAPTER 3103. TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL
	Sec. 3103.001.  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. 3103.002.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                           
		(1)  "Commission" means the Commission on Law 
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
		(2)  "Memorial" means the Texas Peace Officers' 
Memorial.            
	Sec. 3103.003.  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. 3103.004.  COMMISSION POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) The  
commission is responsible for the maintenance of the memorial.  The 
commission shall:
		(1)  establish a maintenance schedule for the memorial;                
		(2)  in conjunction with the State Preservation Board, 
select persons to maintain the memorial;
		(3)  establish and maintain historical and archival 
records about persons whose names appear on the memorial that must 
be accessible to the family members of those persons and to 
researchers; and
		(4)  adopt rules and establish procedures for adding 
names to the memorial in accordance with Section 3103.003.
	(b)  The commission may:                                                
		(1)  accept money from a private or public source for 
the continued maintenance of the memorial; and
		(2)  contract with public or private entities to:                      
			(A)  establish and maintain historical and 
archival records;        
			(B)  store records in a place accessible to the 
public; and         
			(C)  facilitate research.                                             
	Sec. 3103.005.  ACCOUNT. (a) Money contributed to the state 
for a purpose related to the memorial shall be deposited in the 
state treasury to the credit of a separate interest-bearing account 
in the general revenue fund 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 only be used for the purposes 
prescribed by this chapter.
	SECTION 2.  Subchapter Z, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is 
repealed.       
	SECTION 3.  (a) The account referred to in Section 3103.005, 
Government Code, as added by this Act, is the same account that was 
previously created under Section 1701.963, Occupations Code.  The 
repeal of Section 1701.963 by this Act does not abolish the account.
	(b)  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.