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AN ACT
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relating to the eligibility of emergency service dispatchers to |
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participate in a public safety employees treatment court program. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 129.001, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 129.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "public safety |
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employee" means a peace officer, firefighter, detention officer, |
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county jailer, [or] emergency medical services employee, or |
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emergency service dispatcher of this state or a political |
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subdivision of this state. |
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SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies to a |
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person who, on or after the effective date of this Act, enters a |
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public safety employees treatment court program created under |
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Chapter 129, Government Code, regardless of whether the person |
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entering the program committed the offense for which the person |
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enters the program before, on, or after the effective date of this |
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Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 788 was passed by the House on April |
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9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 2, 1 present, not |
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voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 788 was passed by the Senate on May |
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12, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: _____________________ |
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Governor |