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| 1 | 1 | 82R2107 AJZ-F | |
| 2 | 2 | By: Gallego H.B. No. 2858 | |
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| 5 | 5 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 6 | 6 | AN ACT | |
| 7 | 7 | relating to the definition of emergency services personnel for | |
| 8 | 8 | purposes of the enhanced penalty prescribed for an assault | |
| 9 | 9 | committed against a person providing services in that capacity. | |
| 10 | 10 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 11 | 11 | SECTION 1. Section 22.01(e)(1), Penal Code, is amended to | |
| 12 | 12 | read as follows: | |
| 13 | 13 | (1) "Emergency services personnel" includes | |
| 14 | 14 | firefighters, emergency medical services personnel as defined by | |
| 15 | 15 | Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code, emergency room personnel, | |
| 16 | 16 | and other individuals who, in the course and scope of employment or | |
| 17 | 17 | as a volunteer, provide services for the benefit of the general | |
| 18 | 18 | public during emergency situations. | |
| 19 | 19 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2011. |