By: Dale (Senate Sponsor - Birdwell) H.B. No. 1780

(In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2017; May 2, 2017, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; May 17, 2017, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0, 1 present not voting; May 17, 2017, sent to printer.) Click here to see the committee vote

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to requirements for membership in the reserve officer corps of the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 411.0208(a), Government Code, as added by Chapter 333 (H.B. 11), Acts of the 84th Legislature, Regular Session, 2015, is amended to read as follows:

(a) The commission may provide for the establishment of a reserve officer corps consisting of retired or previously commissioned peace officers, as defined by Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, [of the department] who retired or resigned in good standing.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017.

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