87R5225 MP-F
By: Gervin-Hawkins, Gates H.B. No. 1087
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to acts for which a firefighter or police officer in
certain municipalities may be subject to disciplinary procedures.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 143.052(h), Local Government Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(h) In the original written statement and charges and in any
hearing conducted under this chapter, the department head may not
complain of an act that [occurred earlier than the 180th day
preceding the date the department head suspends the fire fighter or
police officer. If the act is allegedly related to criminal
activity including the violation of a federal, state, or local law
for which the fire fighter or police officer is subject to a
criminal penalty, the department head may not complain of an act
that] is discovered earlier than the 180th day preceding the date
the department head suspends the fire fighter or police officer.
[The department head must allege that the act complained of is
related to criminal activity.]
SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act applies only
to a disciplinary action for conduct that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the
effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect when the
conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.