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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the definition of emergency services personnel for |
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purposes of the enhanced penalty prescribed for an assault |
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committed against a person providing services in that capacity. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 22.01(e)(1), Penal Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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(1) "Emergency services personnel" includes |
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firefighters, emergency medical services personnel as defined by |
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Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code, emergency room personnel, |
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and other individuals who, in the course and scope of employment or |
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as a volunteer, provide services for the benefit of the general |
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public during emergency situations. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |