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By: Holland, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Paxton) |
H.B. No. 381 |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House April 15, 2019; |
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April 17, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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Criminal Justice; May 9, 2019, reported favorably by the following |
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vote: Yeas 5, Nays 0; May 9, 2019, sent to printer.) |
Click here to see the committee vote |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to eligibility for the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial |
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Monument. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3105.003(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) A person is eligible to have the person's name on the |
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monument if the person was killed in the line of duty and was: |
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(1) a law enforcement officer or peace officer for |
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this state or a political subdivision of this state under Article |
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2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law; |
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(2) a federal law enforcement officer or special agent |
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performing duties in this state, including those officers under |
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Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure; [or] |
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(3) a corrections or detention officer or county or |
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municipal jailer employed or appointed by a municipal, county, or |
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state penal institution in this state; or |
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(4) employed by this state or a political subdivision |
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of this state and considered by the person's employer to be a |
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trainee for a position described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3). |
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SECTION 2. (a) Section 3105.003(a), Government Code, as |
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amended by this Act, applies to the eligibility of a person who was |
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killed in the line of duty before, on, or after the effective date |
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of this Act. |
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(b) The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall |
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reconsider a nomination to have a person's name added to the Texas |
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Peace Officers' Memorial Monument under Section 3105.0035, |
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Government Code, if the person was determined to be ineligible |
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before the effective date of this Act and the person may be eligible |
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under Section 3105.003(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |
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