| 2 | | - | (In the Senate - Filed March 11, 2015; March 18, 2015, read |
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| 3 | | - | first time and referred to Committee on Criminal Justice; |
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| 4 | | - | April 23, 2015, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 7, |
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| 5 | | - | Nays 0; April 23, 2015, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | | - | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 2 | + | (Miller of Fort Bend) |
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| 9 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 10 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 11 | 7 | | relating to injury leave for certain peace officers. |
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| 12 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 13 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 14 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 15 | 11 | | (a) This section applies to a peace officer under Article |
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| 16 | 12 | | 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is commissioned as a law |
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| 17 | 13 | | enforcement officer or agent, including a ranger, by: |
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| 18 | 14 | | (1) the Public Safety Commission and the director of |
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| 19 | 15 | | the Department of Public Safety; |
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| 20 | 16 | | (2) the Parks and Wildlife Commission; [or] |
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| 21 | 17 | | (3) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; or |
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| 22 | 18 | | (4) the attorney general. |
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| 23 | 19 | | SECTION 2. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, as amended |
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| 24 | 20 | | by this Act, applies only to an injury that occurs on or after the |
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| 25 | 21 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 26 | 22 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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