By: Elkins (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 1417
(In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015;
May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal
Justice; May 13, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 2015, sent to printer.)
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to peace officer identification cards.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 614.127, Government Code, is amended to
read as follows:
Sec. 614.127. LOST OR STOLEN CARDS. If an identification
card issued under this subchapter is lost or stolen, the law
enforcement agency or other governmental entity that issued
[issuing] the card to the peace officer, reserve law enforcement
officer, or honorably retired peace officer shall issue a duplicate
identification card to the officer if the [may:
[(1) require a peace officer, reserve law enforcement
officer, or honorably retired peace] officer submits [to submit] an
affidavit executed by the [peace officer, reserve law enforcement
officer, or honorably retired peace] officer to the law enforcement
agency or other governmental entity [issuing the card] stating that
the identification card was lost or stolen[; and
[(2) issue a duplicate identification card to the
peace officer, reserve law enforcement officer, or honorably
retired peace officer].
SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 614, Government Code, as
added by Chapter 1187 (H.B. 638), Acts of the 80th Legislature,
Regular Session, 2007, is repealed.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015.
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