By: Campbell  S.B. No. 1330
         (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 18, 2015, read
  first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice;
  April 23, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:  Yeas 7,
  Nays 0; April 23, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to injury leave for certain peace officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 661.918(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies to a peace officer under Article
  2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is commissioned as a law
  enforcement officer or agent, including a ranger, by:
               (1)  the Public Safety Commission and the director of
  the Department of Public Safety;
               (2)  the Parks and Wildlife Commission; [or]
               (3)  the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; or
               (4)  the attorney general.
         SECTION 2.  Section 661.918(a), Government Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to an injury that occurs on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
 
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