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1	1	H.B. No. 2580
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the establishment of a peace officer employment
6	6	opportunity Internet website by the Texas Workforce Commission.
7	7	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	8	SECTION 1. Subchapter A, Chapter 302, Labor Code, is
9	9	amended by adding Section 302.016 to read as follows:
10	10	Sec. 302.016. PEACE OFFICER EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITY
11	11	INTERNET WEBSITE. (a) In this section, "peace officer" has the
12	12	meaning assigned by Section 1701.001, Occupations Code.
13	13	(b) The commission shall develop, maintain, and promote a
14	14	statewide employment opportunity Internet website to facilitate:
15	15	(1) public awareness of peace officer employment
16	16	opportunities with state and local law enforcement agencies; and
17	17	(2) an exchange of information between individuals
18	18	seeking employment as peace officers in this state and state and
19	19	local law enforcement agencies seeking applicants for employment as
20	20	peace officers.
21	21	(c) The Internet website must:
22	22	(1) be accessible to members of the public; and
23	23	(2) provide to individuals seeking employment as peace
24	24	officers and state and local law enforcement agencies that have
25	25	posted employment opportunities on the website an organized means
26	26	of exchanging information.
27	27	(d) The commission shall contract with the Commission on Law
28	28	Enforcement Officer Standards and Education to develop a license
29	29	verification interface to verify whether an applicant for
30	30	employment as a peace officer:
31	31	(1) holds a current license issued by the Commission
32	32	on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education under Chapter
33	33	1701, Occupations Code, and, if so, the level of that license; and
34	34	(2) has had the applicant's license revoked or
35	35	suspended by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards
36	36	and Education.
37	37	(e) The Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
38	38	Education shall provide the commission with technical assistance in
39	39	the development and testing of the license verification interface
40	40	under Subsection (d).
41	41	(f) If the development and operation of the Internet website
42	42	and the associated license verification interface is not possible
43	43	due to a lack of available funding, the commission shall:
44	44	(1) enter into a memorandum of understanding with the
45	45	Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education to
46	46	integrate a peace officer job matching database for individuals
47	47	seeking employment as peace officers in this state and state and
48	48	local law enforcement agencies seeking applicants for employment as
49	49	peace officers into the commission's existing Labor Exchange
50	50	System; and
51	51	(2) ensure that:
52	52	(A) the commission registers an Internet domain
53	53	name that is unique and that identifies on its face the purpose of
54	54	the peace officer job matching database; and
55	55	(B) the registered domain name and associated
56	56	link directs users of the Internet to a web page that instructs
57	57	users on how to use the Labor Exchange System and includes a link to
58	58	enter that system.
59	59	SECTION 2. This Act does not make an appropriation. A
60	60	provision in this Act that creates a new governmental program,
61	61	creates a new entitlement, or imposes a new duty on a governmental
62	62	entity is not mandatory during a fiscal period for which the
63	63	legislature has not made a specific appropriation to implement the
64	64	provision.
65	65	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
66	66	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
67	67	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
68	68	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
69	69	Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
70	70	______________________________ ______________________________
71	71	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
72	72	I certify that H.B. No. 2580 was passed by the House on April
73	73	28, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 142, Nays 4, 1 present, not
74	74	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
75	75	No. 2580 on May 23, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 1,
76	76	1 present, not voting.
77	77	______________________________
78	78	Chief Clerk of the House
79	79	I certify that H.B. No. 2580 was passed by the Senate, with
80	80	amendments, on May 21, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays
81	81	0.
82	82	______________________________
83	83	Secretary of the Senate
84	84	APPROVED: __________________
85	85	Date
86	86	__________________
87	87	Governor