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| 1 | 1 | By: Howard, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Schwertner) H.B. No. 705 | |
| 2 | 2 | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 10, 2013; | |
| 3 | 3 | May 10, 2013, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal | |
| 4 | 4 | Justice; May 17, 2013, reported favorably by the following vote: | |
| 5 | 5 | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 17, 2013, sent to printer.) | |
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| 8 | 8 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 9 | 9 | AN ACT | |
| 10 | 10 | relating to the definition of emergency services personnel for | |
| 11 | 11 | purposes of the enhanced penalty prescribed for an assault | |
| 12 | 12 | committed against a person providing services in that capacity. | |
| 13 | 13 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 14 | 14 | SECTION 1. Section 22.01(e)(1), Penal Code, is amended to | |
| 15 | 15 | read as follows: | |
| 16 | 16 | (1) "Emergency services personnel" includes | |
| 17 | 17 | firefighters, emergency medical services personnel as defined by | |
| 18 | 18 | Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code, emergency room personnel, | |
| 19 | 19 | and other individuals who, in the course and scope of employment or | |
| 20 | 20 | as a volunteer, provide services for the benefit of the general | |
| 21 | 21 | public during emergency situations. | |
| 22 | 22 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. | |
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