Amend CSHB 12 (Senate committee printing) by adding 
appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill to read as follows and 
renumbering remaining SECTIONS:
	SECTION __.  Chapter 614, Government Code, is amended by 
adding Subchapter H to read as follows:

SUBCHAPTER H.  STANDARDS FOR CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT OFFICERS
	Sec. 614.151.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:                        
		(1)  "Law enforcement agency" means the Department of 
Public Safety, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice, and Parks and Wildlife Department.
		(2)  "Law enforcement officer" means a person who:                     
			(A)  is a commissioned peace officer;                                 
			(B)  is employed by a law enforcement agency; and                     
			(C)  is compensated according to Schedule C of the 
position classification salary schedule prescribed by the General 
Appropriations Act.
	Sec. 614.152.  PHYSICAL FITNESS AND APPEARANCE STANDARDS.  
(a)  Out of appropriated funds, each law enforcement agency shall 
adopt physical fitness and appearance standards that a law 
enforcement officer must meet to continue employment with the 
agency as a law enforcement officer.  The standards adopted by a law 
enforcement agency other than the Department of Public Safety must 
be at least as stringent as the standards adopted by the Department 
of Public Safety.  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a violation 
of a standard adopted under this subsection is just cause to 
discharge an officer or transfer an officer to a position that is 
not compensated according to Schedule C of the position 
classification salary schedule prescribed by the General 
Appropriations Act.
	(b)  A law enforcement agency may exempt a law enforcement 
officer from a standard under Subsection (a) based on the facts and 
circumstances of the individual case, including whether an officer 
was injured in the line of duty.
	SECTION __.  Not later than November 1, 2007, the Department 
of Public Safety of the State of Texas, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage 
Commission, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, and the Parks 
and Wildlife Department shall each adopt the standards required by 
Section 614.152, Government Code, as added by this Act.