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Amend HB 2093 (house committee report) by adding the
following appropriately numbered SECTION to the bill and
renumbering subsequent SECTIONS accordingly:
SECTION ____. (a) The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer
Standards and Education may certify a county jailer as a special
officer for offenders with mental impairments and may issue a
certificate to the county jailer if the county jailer meets the
requirements of Section 1701.404(b), Occupations Code, as amended
by this Act, regardless of whether the county jailer completed the
required training and passed the examination before, on, or after
the effective date of this Act.
(b) The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
Education may issue a certificate under Section 1701.404(c),
Occupations Code, as amended by this Act, to a justice of the peace
who is certified as a special officer for offenders with mental
impairments regardless of whether the justice of the peace was
certified before, on, or after the effective date of this Act.