86R8176 YDB-D
 
  By: Holland, Patterson, Johnson of Harris, H.B. No. 381
      King of Parker, Lang
 
  Substitute the following for H.B. No. 381:
 
  By:  Cyrier C.S.H.B. No. 381
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to eligibility for the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial
  Monument.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 3105.003(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  A person is eligible to have the person's name 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; or
               (4)  employed by this state or a political subdivision
  of this state and considered by the person's employer to be a
  trainee for a position described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).
         SECTION 2.  (a)  Section 3105.003(a), Government Code, as
  amended by this Act, applies to the eligibility of a person who was
  killed in the line of duty before, on, or after the effective date
  of this Act.
         (b)  The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall
  reconsider a nomination to have a person's name added to the Texas
  Peace Officers' Memorial Monument under Section 3105.0035,
  Government Code, if the person was determined to be ineligible
  before the effective date of this Act and the person may be eligible
  under Section 3105.003(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.