| 1 | | - | By: Bonnen of Galveston, Thompson of Brazoria H.B. No. 2680 |
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| 2 | | - | (Senate Sponsor - Taylor of Galveston) |
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| 3 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 4, 2015; |
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| 4 | | - | May 5, 2015, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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| 5 | | - | Justice; May 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 6 | | - | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 7 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 2680 |
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| 20 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 21 | 5 | | relating to allocation of money from the law enforcement officer |
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| 22 | 6 | | standards and education fund. |
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| 23 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 24 | 8 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Section 1701.157, Occupations |
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| 25 | 9 | | Code, is amended to read as follows: |
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| 26 | 10 | | Sec. 1701.157. MONEY ALLOCATED AND USED FOR TRAINING OR |
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| 27 | 11 | | CONTINUING EDUCATION. |
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| 28 | 12 | | SECTION 2. Section 1701.157(a), Occupations Code, is |
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| 29 | 13 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 30 | 14 | | (a) Not later than March 1 of each calendar year, the |
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| 31 | 15 | | comptroller shall allocate money deposited during the preceding |
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| 32 | 16 | | calendar year in the general revenue fund to the credit of the law |
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| 33 | 17 | | enforcement officer standards and education fund account for |
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| 34 | 18 | | expenses related to the continuing education of persons licensed |
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| 35 | 19 | | under this chapter as follows: |
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| 36 | 20 | | (1) 20 percent of the money is allocated to all local |
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| 37 | 21 | | law enforcement agencies in this state in equal shares; and |
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| 38 | 22 | | (2) 80 percent of the money is allocated to all local |
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| 39 | 23 | | law enforcement agencies in this state in a share representing a |
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| 40 | 24 | | fixed amount for each position in the agency, as of January 1 of the |
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| 41 | 25 | | preceding calendar year, that is reserved to a person who: |
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| 42 | 26 | | (A) is licensed under this chapter; |
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| 43 | 27 | | (B) works as a peace officer or telecommunicator, |
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| 44 | 28 | | as defined by Section 1701.001, on the average of at least 32 hours |
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| 45 | 29 | | a week; and |
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| 46 | 30 | | (C) is compensated by a political subdivision of |
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| 47 | 31 | | this state at least at the minimum wage and is entitled to all |
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| 48 | 32 | | employee benefits offered to a peace officer or telecommunicator, |
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| 49 | 33 | | as applicable, by the political subdivision. |
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| 50 | 34 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 35 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 36 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 37 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2680 was passed by the House on April |
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| 38 | + | 30, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 138, Nays 1, 1 present, not |
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| 39 | + | voting. |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 42 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 2680 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 43 | + | 26, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 44 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 45 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 46 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 47 | + | Date |
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| 48 | + | _____________________ |
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| 49 | + | Governor |
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