Amend SB 872 by adding the following appropriately numbered 
SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the 
bill accordingly:
	SECTION ____.  Section 615.003, Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	Sec. 615.003.  APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to 
eligible survivors of the following individuals:
		(1)  an individual elected, appointed, or employed as a 
peace officer by the state or a political subdivision of the state 
under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law;
		(2)  a paid probation officer appointed by the director 
of a community supervision and corrections department who has the 
duties set out in Section 76.002 and the qualifications set out in 
Section 76.005, or who was appointed in accordance with prior law;
		(3)  a parole officer employed by the pardons and 
paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who 
has the duties set out in Section 508.001 and the qualifications set 
out in Section 508.113 or in prior law;
		(4)  a paid jailer;                                                           
		(5)  a member of an organized police reserve or 
auxiliary unit who regularly assists peace officers in enforcing 
criminal laws;
		(6)  a member of the class of employees of the 
institutional division or the state jail division of the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice formally designated as custodial 
personnel under Section 615.006 by the Texas Board of Criminal 
Justice or its predecessor in function;
		(7)  a jailer or guard of a county jail who is appointed 
by the sheriff and who:
			(A)  performs a security, custodial, or 
supervisory function over the admittance, confinement, or 
discharge of prisoners; and
			(B)  is certified by the Commission on Law 
Enforcement Officer Standards and Education;
		(8)  a juvenile correctional employee of the Texas 
Youth Commission;        
		(9)  an employee of the Texas Department of Mental 
Health and Mental Retardation who:
			(A)  works at the department's maximum security 
unit; or                   
			(B)  performs on-site services for the Texas 
Department of Criminal Justice;
		(10)  an individual who is employed by the state or a 
political or legal subdivision and is subject to certification by 
the Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
		(11)  an individual employed by the state or a 
political or legal subdivision whose principal duties are aircraft 
crash and rescue fire fighting;
		(12)  a member of an organized volunteer fire-fighting 
unit that:           
			(A)  renders fire-fighting services without 
remuneration; and              
			(B)  conducts a minimum of two drills each month, 
each two hours long;     
		(13)  an individual who:                                                      
			(A)  performs emergency medical services or 
operates an ambulance;         
			(B)  is employed by a political subdivision of the 
state or is an emergency medical services volunteer as defined by 
Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code; and
			(C)  is qualified as an emergency care attendant 
or at a higher level of training under Section 773.046, 773.047, 
773.048, 773.049, or 773.0495, Health and Safety Code; [or]
		(14)  an individual who is employed or formally 
designated as a chaplain for:
			(A)  an organized volunteer fire-fighting unit or 
other fire department of this state or of a political subdivision of 
this state;
			(B)  a law enforcement agency of this state or of a 
political subdivision of this state; or
			(C)  the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or                     
		(15)  an individual who is employed by the state or a 
political subdivision of the state and who is considered by the 
governmental employer to be a trainee for a position otherwise 
described by this section.
	SECTION ____.  Section 615.021(e), Government Code, is 
amended to read as follows:
	(e)  In this section:                                                          
		(1)  "Personal injury" means an injury resulting from 
an external force, an activity, or a disease caused by or resulting 
from:
			(A)  a line-of-duty accident; or                                             
			(B)  an illness caused by line-of-duty work under 
hazardous conditions.    
		(2)  "Line of duty" means an action an individual 
listed under Section 615.003 is required or authorized by rule, 
condition of employment, or law to perform.  The term includes:
			(A)  an action by the individual at a social, 
ceremonial, athletic, or other function to which the individual is 
assigned by the individual's employer; and
			(B)  an action performed as part of a training 
program the individual is required or authorized by rule, condition 
of employment, or law to undertake.