By: Watson S.B. No. 1641
 
 
 
   
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 3105.003, Government Code, is amended to
  read as follows:
         Sec. 3105.003.  ELIGIBILITY FOR MONUMENT.  (a)  A [person is
  eligible to have the] person's name shall be included on the
  monument if the person was killed in the line of duty and was:
               (1)  a law enforcement officer or peace officer for
  this state or a political subdivision of this state under Article
  2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law;
               (2)  a federal law enforcement officer or special agent
  performing duties in this state, including those officers under
  Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
               (3)  a corrections or detention officer or county or
  municipal jailer employed or appointed by a municipal, county, or
  state penal institution in this state.
         (b)  It is presumed that a person described by subsection (a)
  was killed in the line of duty if the Employees Retirement System of
  Texas has awarded benefits to the eligible survivors of the person
  as provided by Chapter 615.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect on September 1, 2017.