86R2546 YDB-D
By: Holland H.B. No. 381
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to eligibility for the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial
Monument.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 3105.003(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) A person is eligible to have the person's name on the
monument if the person was killed in the line of duty and was:
(1) a law enforcement officer or peace officer for
this state or a political subdivision of this state under Article
2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law;
(2) a federal law enforcement officer or special agent
performing duties in this state, including those officers under
Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure; [or]
(3) a corrections or detention officer or county or
municipal jailer employed or appointed by a municipal, county, or
state penal institution in this state; or
(4) employed by this state or a political subdivision
of this state and considered by the person's employer to be a
trainee for a position described by Subdivision (1), (2), or (3).
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.