Texas 2019 86th Regular

Texas House Bill HB381 Comm Sub / Bill

Filed 03/20/2019

                    86R8176 YDB-D
 By: Holland, Patterson, Johnson of Harris, H.B. No. 381
 King of Parker, Lang
 Substitute the following for H.B. No. 381:
 By:  Cyrier C.S.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.  (a)  Section 3105.003(a), Government Code, as
 amended by this Act, applies to the eligibility of a person who was
 killed in the line of duty before, on, or after the effective date
 of this Act.
 (b)  The Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall
 reconsider a nomination to have a person's name added to the Texas
 Peace Officers' Memorial Monument under Section 3105.0035,
 Government Code, if the person was determined to be ineligible
 before the effective date of this Act and the person may be eligible
 under Section 3105.003(a), Government Code, as amended by this Act.
 SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.