| |
| |
|
|
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
|
|
|
AN ACT
|
|
|
relating to acts for which a firefighter or police officer in |
|
|
certain municipalities may be subject to disciplinary procedures. |
|
|
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
|
|
SECTION 1. Section 143.052(h), Local Government Code, is |
|
|
amended to read as follows: |
|
|
(h) In the original written statement and charges and in any |
|
|
hearing conducted under this chapter, the department head may not |
|
|
complain of an act that [occurred earlier than the 180th day |
|
|
preceding the date the department head suspends the fire fighter or |
|
|
police officer. If the act is allegedly related to criminal |
|
|
activity including the violation of a federal, state, or local law |
|
|
for which the fire fighter or police officer is subject to a |
|
|
criminal penalty, the department head may not complain of an act |
|
|
that] is discovered earlier than the 180th day preceding the date |
|
|
the department head suspends the fire fighter or police officer. |
|
|
[The department head must allege that the act complained of is |
|
|
related to criminal activity.] |
|
|
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only |
|
|
to a disciplinary action for conduct that occurs on or after the |
|
|
effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the |
|
|
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the |
|
|
conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
|
|
purpose. |
|
|
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |