| 1 | | - | By: Raymond, Guillen (Senate Sponsor - Whitmire) H.B. No. 872 |
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| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Received from the House April 29, 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 21, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | | - | Yeas 7, Nays 0; May 21, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 1 | + | H.B. No. 872 |
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| 10 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 5 | | relating to the reactivation of a peace officer license; |
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| 12 | 6 | | authorizing fees. |
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| 13 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 14 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Section 1701.316, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 15 | 9 | | by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 10 | | (c) The commission shall reactivate a peace officer's |
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| 17 | 11 | | license after a break in employment if the former license holder: |
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| 18 | 12 | | (1) completed at least 10 years of full-time service |
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| 19 | 13 | | as a peace officer in good standing before the break in employment; |
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| 20 | 14 | | (2) meets current licensing standards; |
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| 21 | 15 | | (3) successfully completes: |
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| 22 | 16 | | (A) an online or in-person supplemental peace |
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| 23 | 17 | | officer course of not more than 120 hours; and |
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| 24 | 18 | | (B) other in-person training requirements of not |
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| 25 | 19 | | more than 40 hours; |
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| 26 | 20 | | (4) passes a peace officer reactivation examination; |
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| 27 | 21 | | (5) files an application; and |
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| 28 | 22 | | (6) pays any required fees. |
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| 29 | 23 | | SECTION 2. Section 1701.316(c), Occupations Code, as added |
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| 30 | 24 | | by this Act, applies only to a license for which an application for |
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| 31 | 25 | | reactivation of the license is filed on or after the effective date |
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| 32 | 26 | | of this Act. A license for which an application for reactivation of |
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| 33 | 27 | | the license is filed before the effective date of this Act is |
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| 34 | 28 | | governed by the law in effect on the date the application was filed, |
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| 35 | 29 | | and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. |
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| 36 | 30 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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| 31 | + | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 32 | + | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 33 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 872 was passed by the House on April |
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| 34 | + | 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not |
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| 35 | + | voting. |
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| 36 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 37 | + | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 38 | + | I certify that H.B. No. 872 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 39 | + | 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 40 | + | ______________________________ |
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| 41 | + | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 42 | + | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 43 | + | Date |
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| 44 | + | _____________________ |
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| 45 | + | Governor |
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