Amend Amendment No. 35 by Gallego (Bar Code #812113) to CSHB
2730 by striking the text of the amendment and substituting the
following:
Amend CSHB 2730 (House Committee Printing) as follows:
(1) In ARTICLE 6 of the bill, add the following
appropriately numbered SECTION and renumber subsequent SECTIONS
accordingly:
SECTION 6.____. 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].
(2) On page 87, line 6, strike "Out of appropriated funds,
each" and substitute "Each [Out of appropriated funds, each]".
(3) On page 87, lines 9-10, strike "to continue employment
with the agency as a law enforcement officer" and substitute "[to
continue employment with the agency as a law enforcement officer]".
(4) On page 87, line 11, strike "may" and insert "shall".
(5) On page 87, lines 12-13, strike "and sex" and substitute
", weight, and gender".
(6) On page 87, between lines 19 and 20, insert the
following:
(a-2) An agency may adopt physical readiness standards
independent of other law enforcement agencies.
(7) On page 87, lines 22-23, strike "discharge an officer
or[:" and substitute "[discharge an officer or:".
(8) On page 88, line 5, strike "temporarily".