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1	1	H.B. No. 2799
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4	4	AN ACT
5	5	relating to the responsibilities of a person who qualifies for a
6	6	peace officer license but has not yet been appointed as a peace
7	7	officer.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is
10	10	amended by adding Section 1701.3075 to read as follows:
11	11	Sec. 1701.3075. QUALIFIED APPLICANT AWAITING APPOINTMENT.
12	12	(a) A person who meets the requirements set forth in Section
13	13	1701.307(a) has the same reporting responsibilities toward the
14	14	commission under rules adopted by the commission as a license
15	15	holder who has already been appointed as a peace officer.
16	16	(b) The commission may determine that a person who meets the
17	17	requirements under Section 1701.307(a) is ineligible for
18	18	appointment as a peace officer based on events that occur after the
19	19	person meets the requirements in Section 1701.307(a) but before the
20	20	person is appointed.
21	21	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.
22	22	______________________________ ______________________________
23	23	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
24	24	I certify that H.B. No. 2799 was passed by the House on May
25	25	15, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not
26	26	voting.
27	27	______________________________
28	28	Chief Clerk of the House
29	29	I certify that H.B. No. 2799 was passed by the Senate on May
30	30	27, 2009, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
31	31	______________________________
32	32	Secretary of the Senate
33	33	APPROVED: _____________________
34	34	Date
35	35	_____________________
36	36	Governor