By:  Jackson                                                      S.B. No. 1682


A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to complaints against certain police officers and fire 
fighters.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 614.021, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 614.021.  APPLICABILITY OF SUBCHAPTER.  This subchapter 
applies only to a complaint against:
		(1)  a law enforcement officer of the State of Texas, 
including an officer of the Department of Public Safety or of the 
Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
		(2)  a fire fighter [who is not covered by a civil 
service statute]; or
		(3)  a police officer [who is not covered by a civil 
service statute].
	SECTION 2.  Section 614.023, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subsection (a-1) to read as follows:
	(a-1)  If a law enforcement officer, fire fighter, or police 
officer is required to respond to a complaint against the officer or 
fire fighter, a copy of the signed complaint shall be given to the 
officer or fire fighter within a reasonable time before the date on 
which the officer or fire fighter is required to respond.
	SECTION 3.  The change in law made by this Act applies only 
in relation to a complaint filed on or after the effective date of 
this Act.  A complaint filed before the effective date of this Act 
is governed by the law in effect on the date the complaint was 
filed, and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
	SECTION 4.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.