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AN ACT
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relating to the exemption of certain honorably retired special |
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rangers and special Texas Rangers from certain required law |
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enforcement education and training programs regarding persons with |
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mental impairments. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. This Act shall be known as the Hal Wyatt Act. |
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SECTION 2. Section 1701.356, Occupations Code, is amended |
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by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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(c) An honorably retired commissioned officer of the |
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Department of Public Safety who is a special ranger under Section |
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411.023, Government Code, or who is a special Texas Ranger under |
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Section 411.024, Government Code, may not be required to undergo |
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training under Section 1701.253(j). |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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Act takes effect September 1, 2009. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2991 was passed by the House on April |
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22, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2991 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 145, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2991 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 19, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |