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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of an identification card to certain |
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honorably retired peace officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 614.124(a), Government Code, as added by |
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Chapter 938 (H.B. 3613), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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(a) On request of an honorably retired peace officer who |
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holds a certificate of proficiency under Section 1701.357, |
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Occupations Code, the [The] law enforcement agency or other |
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governmental entity that was the last entity to appoint or employ |
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the [an] honorably retired peace officer as a peace officer shall |
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[may] issue an identification card to the [its] honorably retired |
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peace officer [officers]. |
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SECTION 2. 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, 2011. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1083 was passed by the House on April |
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14, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 1083 was passed by the Senate on May |
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25, 2011, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |