By: Elkins (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 2068
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 23, 2009;
May 1, 2009, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 14, 2009, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 14, 2009, sent to printer.)
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to an identification card for certain retired peace
officers.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1701.357(i), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(i) On request of an honorably [a] retired officer who holds
a certificate of proficiency under this section, the head of the
[a] state or local law enforcement agency from which the officer
retired shall [may] issue to the retired officer identification
that indicates that the officer honorably retired from the
agency. An identification under this subsection must include a
photograph of the retired officer.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
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