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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the issuance of identification cards to certain peace |
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officers and 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 614.121(1), 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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(1) "Peace [Full-time peace] officer" means a person |
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elected, employed, or appointed as a peace officer under Article |
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2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law[,] who holds a |
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license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations Code[:
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[(A)
works as a peace officer on average at least
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32 hours per week, exclusive of paid vacation; and
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[(B)
is compensated by this state or a political
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subdivision of this state at least at the federal minimum wage and
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is entitled to all employee benefits offered to a peace officer by
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the state or political subdivision]. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 614.122(a) and (c), Government Code, as |
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added by Chapter 938 (H.B. 3613), Acts of the 80th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2007, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The law enforcement agency or other governmental entity |
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that appoints or employs a peace officer shall issue an |
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identification card to its sworn [full-time or part-time] peace |
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officers. |
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(c) On the identification card, the law enforcement agency |
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or other governmental entity that issues the card shall print: |
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(1) "State of Texas" and the state seal; and |
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(2) "This identification card certifies that (insert |
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name of peace officer) is commissioned by (insert name of law |
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enforcement agency or other governmental entity that appoints or |
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employs the peace officer) as a sworn peace officer [(insert
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"full-time peace officer" or "part-time peace officer")]." |
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SECTION 3. Sections 614.124(a) and (d), Government Code, as |
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added by Chapter 938 (H.B. 3613), Acts of the 80th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2007, are amended to read as follows: |
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(a) The law enforcement agency or other governmental entity |
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that was the last entity to appoint or employ an honorably retired |
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peace officer as a peace officer shall [may] issue an |
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identification card to its honorably retired peace officers. |
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(d) The head of a law enforcement agency or other |
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governmental entity that issued the identification card shall |
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recover the identification card on the date the identification card |
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expires, unless the identification card is issued without an |
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expiration date. |
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SECTION 4. Sections 614.125 and 614.127, Government Code, |
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as added by Chapter 938 (H.B. 3613), Acts of the 80th Legislature, |
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Regular Session, 2007, are amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 614.125. EXPIRATION DATE. (a) An identification card |
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issued under this subchapter expires on a date specified by the law |
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enforcement agency or other governmental entity issuing the card. |
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(b) A law enforcement agency or other governmental entity |
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may issue under Section 614.124 an identification card without an |
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expiration date to an honorably retired peace officer. |
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Sec. 614.127. LOST OR STOLEN CARDS. If an identification |
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card issued under this subchapter is lost or stolen, the law |
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enforcement agency or other governmental entity issuing the card |
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may: |
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(1) require a peace officer[, reserve law enforcement
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officer,] or honorably retired peace officer to submit an affidavit |
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executed by the peace officer[, reserve law enforcement officer,] |
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or honorably retired peace officer to the law enforcement agency or |
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other governmental entity issuing the card stating that the |
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identification card was lost or stolen; and |
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(2) issue a duplicate identification card to the peace |
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officer[, reserve law enforcement officer,] or honorably retired |
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peace officer. |
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SECTION 5. (a) The following provisions of the Government |
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Code are repealed: |
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(1) Sections 614.121(3) and (4), as added by Chapter |
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938 (H.B. 3613), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, |
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2007; and |
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(2) Section 614.123, as added by Chapter 938 (H.B. |
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3613), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular Session, 2007. |
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(b) Subchapter H, Chapter 614, Government Code, as added by |
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Chapter 1187 (H.B. 638), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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Session, 2007, is repealed. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |