| 1 | 1 | | By: Elkins, Fletcher (Senate Sponsor - Hegar) H.B. No. 1083 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 18, 2011; |
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| 3 | 3 | | April 20, 2011, read first time and referred to Committee on |
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| 4 | 4 | | Criminal Justice; May 19, 2011, reported favorably by the |
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| 5 | 5 | | following vote: Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 19, 2011, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | |
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| 7 | 7 | | |
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| 8 | 8 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 9 | 9 | | AN ACT |
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| 10 | 10 | | relating to the issuance of an identification card to certain |
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| 11 | 11 | | honorably retired peace officers. |
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| 12 | 12 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 13 | | SECTION 1. Section 614.124(a), Government Code, as added by |
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| 14 | 14 | | Chapter 938 (H.B. 3613), Acts of the 80th Legislature, Regular |
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| 15 | 15 | | Session, 2007, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 16 | | (a) On request of an honorably retired peace officer who |
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| 17 | 17 | | holds a certificate of proficiency under Section 1701.357, |
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| 18 | 18 | | Occupations Code, the [The] law enforcement agency or other |
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| 19 | 19 | | governmental entity that was the last entity to appoint or employ |
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| 20 | 20 | | the [an] honorably retired peace officer as a peace officer shall |
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| 21 | 21 | | [may] issue an identification card to the [its] honorably retired |
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| 22 | 22 | | peace officer [officers]. |
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| 23 | 23 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 24 | 24 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 25 | 25 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 26 | 26 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 27 | 27 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |
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| 28 | 28 | | * * * * * |
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