H.B. No. 1228
AN ACT
relating to the membership of the board of managers for certain
emergency communication districts.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 772.306(o), Health and Safety Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(o) In a [an emergency communication] district subject to
this subchapter located wholly [entirely] in a county with a
population of less than 40,000 [30,000], the board consists of:
(1) the appropriate members listed in Subsection (c);
and
(2) a peace officer licensed under Chapter 1701,
Occupations Code, appointed by the county sheriff.
SECTION 2. The sheriff of a county to which Section
772.306(o), Health and Safety Code, as amended by this Act, applies
shall appoint a peace officer to the board of managers as required
by Section 772.306(o) as soon as practicable after the effective
date of this Act.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1228 was passed by the House on April
9, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 1, 2 present, not
voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
I certify that H.B. No. 1228 was passed by the Senate on May
19, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
APPROVED: _____________________
Date
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Governor