Amend CSHB 2730 by adding the following appropriately 
numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS 
of the bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 614.151(2), Government Code, as added 
by Chapter 1159 (HB 12), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
		(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:                          
				[(i)  Schedule C of the position 
classification salary schedule prescribed by the General 
Appropriations Act if the person is employed by a law enforcement 
agency other than the Parks and Wildlife Department; or
				[(ii)  Schedule B or C of the position 
classification salary schedule prescribed by the General 
Appropriations Act if the person is employed by the Parks and 
Wildlife Department].
	SECTION ____.  Section 614.152, Government Code, as added by 
Chapter 1159 (HB 12), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular 
Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 614.152.  PHYSICAL READINESS [FITNESS] STANDARDS.  (a)  
Out of appropriated funds, each law enforcement agency, in 
consultation with physical readiness experts, shall adopt physical 
readiness [fitness] standards that a law enforcement officer 
appointed or employed by the agency must meet [to continue 
employment with the agency as a law enforcement officer].  The 
standards as applied to an officer must directly relate to the 
officer's functional job description and performance standards and 
must include individual readiness goals relative to an officer's 
age, weight, and gender [job duties].  A law enforcement agency 
shall use the services of a consultant to aid the agency in 
developing the standards.
	(b)  An agency may adopt physical readiness standards 
independent of other law enforcement agencies.
	(c)  A [Except as provided by Subsection (c), a] violation of 
a standard adopted under Subsection (a) is not just cause to 
discharge an officer or to[:
		[(1)]  transfer the [an] officer to a position that is 
[not] compensated at a level less than the officer's current 
position is compensated according to the [Schedule C of the 
position classification] salary schedule applicable to the 
officer's current position.  An officer who fails to meet a standard 
adopted under Subsection (a) may be transferred to a position 
classified at the same or a higher salary level [prescribed by the 
General Appropriations Act; or
		[(2)  for a law enforcement officer employed by the 
Parks and Wildlife Department and compensated according to Schedule 
B of the position classification salary schedule prescribed by the 
General Appropriations Act, transfer the officer to a position that 
does not require the employee to be a commissioned peace officer].
	(d) [(c)]  A law enforcement agency may temporarily 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.