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| 5 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 6 | | relating to establishing the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial |
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| 8 | 7 | | Ceremony Committee to recognize and honor peace officers who were |
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| 9 | 8 | | killed in the line of duty. |
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| 10 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 10 | | SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 3105, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 11 | | amended to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 12 | | CHAPTER 3105. TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL MONUMENT AND CEREMONY |
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| 14 | 13 | | SECTION 2. Section 3105.002, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 15 | 14 | | adding Subdivision (2-a) to read as follows: |
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| 16 | 15 | | (2-a) "Committee" means the Texas Peace Officers' |
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| 17 | 16 | | Memorial Ceremony Committee. |
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| 18 | 17 | | SECTION 3. Section 3105.005(c), Government Code, is amended |
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| 19 | 18 | | to read as follows: |
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| 20 | 19 | | (c) Money in the account may be used only for the purposes |
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| 21 | 20 | | prescribed by Section 3105.004 [this chapter]. |
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| 22 | 21 | | SECTION 4. Chapter 3105, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 23 | 22 | | adding Sections 3105.006 and 3105.007 to read as follows: |
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| 24 | 23 | | Sec. 3105.006. TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL CEREMONY |
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| 25 | 24 | | COMMITTEE. (a) The committee is established to plan, oversee, and |
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| 26 | 25 | | facilitate annual ceremonies recognizing and honoring peace |
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| 27 | 26 | | officers of this state who were killed in the line of duty. |
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| 28 | 27 | | (b) The committee consists of the following members: |
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| 29 | 28 | | (1) a president, or the president's designee, of any |
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| 30 | 29 | | law enforcement organization that: |
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| 31 | 30 | | (A) provides full service legal and political |
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| 32 | 31 | | representation to law enforcement officers of this state; |
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| 33 | 32 | | (B) has at least 10,000 members paying dues, as |
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| 34 | 33 | | provided by the organization's Internal Revenue Service Form 990 |
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| 35 | 34 | | for the previous reporting period; |
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| 36 | 35 | | (C) has complied with all filing requirements of |
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| 37 | 36 | | the Internal Revenue Service, the United States Department of |
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| 38 | 37 | | Labor, and the secretary of state; and |
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| 39 | 38 | | (D) has an elected board of directors; |
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| 40 | 39 | | (2) a surviving spouse of a peace officer killed in the |
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| 41 | 40 | | line of duty selected by the chapters of the Concerns of Police |
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| 42 | 41 | | Survivors of this state; and |
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| 43 | 42 | | (3) the following nonvoting members or designees of |
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| 44 | 43 | | the members: |
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| 45 | 44 | | (A) the governor; |
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| 46 | 45 | | (B) the lieutenant governor; |
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| 47 | 46 | | (C) the speaker of the house of representatives; |
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| 48 | 47 | | (D) the attorney general; |
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| 49 | 48 | | (E) the director of the Department of Public |
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| 50 | 49 | | Safety; |
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| 51 | 50 | | (F) the executive director of the board; and |
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| 52 | 51 | | (G) the executive director of the commission. |
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| 53 | 52 | | Sec. 3105.007. TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL CEREMONY. |
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| 54 | 53 | | (a) The committee shall meet as necessary to plan and coordinate |
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| 55 | 54 | | an annual memorial ceremony on the Capitol grounds to honor Texas |
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| 56 | 55 | | peace officers who were killed in the line of duty. |
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| 57 | 56 | | (b) The committee shall hold the ceremony on a date selected |
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| 58 | 57 | | by the committee during the week in which May 8 occurs. |
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| 59 | 58 | | (c) The ceremony may be funded by public or private money. |
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| 60 | 59 | | (d) Each odd-numbered year, the ceremony must include: |
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| 61 | 60 | | (1) a parade of law enforcement color guards and |
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| 62 | 61 | | personnel ending at the Capitol; and |
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| 63 | 62 | | (2) a ceremony held during a joint session of the |
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| 64 | 63 | | legislature on the floor of the house of representatives, if |
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| 65 | 64 | | possible. |
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| 66 | 65 | | (e) During the ceremony under this section, the name of each |
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| 67 | 66 | | peace officer who is being added to the monument that year must be |
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| 68 | 67 | | read and the surviving family members of the peace officer must be |
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| 69 | 68 | | recognized. |
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| 70 | 69 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |
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