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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to establishing the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial |
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Ceremony Committee to recognize and honor peace officers who were |
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killed in the line of duty. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 3105, Government Code, is |
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amended to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 3105. TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL MONUMENT AND CEREMONY |
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SECTION 2. Section 3105.002, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows: |
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(2-a) "Committee" means the Texas Peace Officers' |
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Memorial Ceremony Committee. |
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SECTION 3. Section 3105.005(c), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(c) Money in the account may be used only for the purposes |
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prescribed by Section 3105.004 [this chapter]. |
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SECTION 4. Chapter 3105, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Sections 3105.006 and 3105.007 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 3105.006. TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL CEREMONY |
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COMMITTEE. (a) The committee is established to plan, oversee, and |
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facilitate annual ceremonies recognizing and honoring peace |
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officers of this state who were killed in the line of duty. |
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(b) The committee consists of the following members: |
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(1) a president, or the president's designee, of any |
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law enforcement organization that: |
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(A) provides full service legal and political |
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representation to law enforcement officers of this state; |
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(B) has at least 10,000 members paying dues, as |
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provided by the organization's Internal Revenue Service Form 990 |
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for the previous reporting period; |
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(C) has complied with all filing requirements of |
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the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Department of |
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Labor, and the secretary of state; and |
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(D) has an elected board of directors; |
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(2) a surviving spouse of a peace officer killed in the |
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line of duty selected by the chapters of the Concerns of Police |
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Survivors of this state; and |
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(3) the following nonvoting members or designees of |
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the members: |
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(A) the governor; |
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(B) the lieutenant governor; |
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(C) the speaker of the house of representatives; |
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(D) the attorney general; |
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(E) the director of the Department of Public |
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Safety; |
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(F) the executive director of the board; and |
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(G) the executive director of the commission. |
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Sec. 3105.007. TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL CEREMONY. |
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(a) The committee shall meet as necessary to plan and coordinate an |
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annual memorial ceremony on the Capitol grounds to honor Texas |
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peace officers who were killed in the line of duty. |
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(b) The committee shall hold the ceremony on a date selected |
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by the committee during the week in which May 8 occurs. |
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(c) The ceremony may be funded by public or private money. |
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(d) Each odd-numbered year, the ceremony must include: |
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(1) a parade of law enforcement color guards and |
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personnel ending at the Capitol; and |
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(2) a ceremony held during a joint session of the |
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legislature on the floor of the house of representatives, if |
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possible. |
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(e) During the ceremony under this section, the name of each |
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peace officer who is being added to the monument that year must be |
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read and the surviving family members of the peace officer must be |
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recognized. |
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SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |