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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the publication of certain information regarding |
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certain disciplinary appeals filed by police officers. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 411, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 411.056 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 411.056. REPORTING ON POLICE OFFICER DISCIPLINARY |
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APPEAL HEARINGS. The department shall publish on the department's |
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Internet website the information reported to the department under |
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Section 180.008, Local Government Code. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Section 180.008 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 180.008. ARBITRATOR REPORTING REGARDING CERTAIN |
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DISCIPLINARY APPEAL HEARINGS FOR POLICE OFFICERS. An arbitrator |
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selected to hear an appeal of the disciplinary suspension or |
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dismissal of a municipal police officer, deputy sheriff, deputy |
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constable, or other police officer, including an appeal under |
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Section 143.057 or 143.1016 or under a collective bargaining, meet |
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and confer, or other similar agreement, shall report to the |
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Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas, for each hearing |
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arbitrated by the arbitrator: |
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(1) the ruling in the hearing; |
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(2) the date of the ruling; |
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(3) sources of the arbitrator's payment; and |
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(4) amounts paid to the police officer as a result of |
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the ruling in the hearing. |
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SECTION 3. Section 180.008, Local Government Code, as added |
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by this Act, applies only to a disciplinary appeal that is initiated |
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on or after the effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. |