| 1 | | - | By: Elkins (Senate Sponsor - Creighton) H.B. No. 1417 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 20, 2015; |
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| 3 | | - | May 4, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 4 | | - | Justice; May 13, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | | - | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 13, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 1417 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to peace officer identification cards. |
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| 12 | 6 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 7 | | SECTION 1. Section 614.127, Government Code, is amended to |
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| 14 | 8 | | read as follows: |
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| 15 | 9 | | Sec. 614.127. LOST OR STOLEN CARDS. If an identification |
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| 16 | 10 | | card issued under this subchapter is lost or stolen, the law |
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| 17 | 11 | | enforcement agency or other governmental entity that issued |
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| 18 | 12 | | [issuing] the card to the peace officer, reserve law enforcement |
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| 19 | 13 | | officer, or honorably retired peace officer shall issue a duplicate |
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| 20 | 14 | | identification card to the officer if the [may: |
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| 21 | 15 | | [(1) require a peace officer, reserve law enforcement |
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| 22 | 16 | | officer, or honorably retired peace] officer submits [to submit] an |
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| 23 | 17 | | affidavit executed by the [peace officer, reserve law enforcement |
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| 24 | 18 | | officer, or honorably retired peace] officer to the law enforcement |
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| 25 | 19 | | agency or other governmental entity [issuing the card] stating that |
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| 26 | 20 | | the identification card was lost or stolen[; and |
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| 27 | 21 | | [(2) issue a duplicate identification card to the |
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| 28 | 22 | | peace officer, reserve law enforcement officer, or honorably |
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| 29 | 23 | | retired peace officer]. |
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| 30 | 24 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter H, Chapter 614, Government Code, as |
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| 31 | 25 | | added by Chapter 1187 (H.B. 638), Acts of the 80th Legislature, |
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| 32 | 26 | | Regular Session, 2007, is repealed. |
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| 33 | 27 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 28 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 29 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 30 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1417 was passed by the House on April |
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| 31 | + | 16, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 146, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 32 | + | voting. |
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| 33 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 34 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 35 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 1417 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 36 | + | 20, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 37 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 38 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 39 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 40 | + | Date |
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| 41 | + | _____________________ |
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| 42 | + | Governor |
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