| 1 | 1 | | 87S10755 MCK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Jetton H.B. No. 284 |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to the powers of peace officer members of the Texas |
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| 8 | 8 | | National Guard and expediting applications for peace officer |
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| 9 | 9 | | licenses from members of the Texas National Guard. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 437, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 437.256 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 437.256. LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF CERTAIN NATIONAL |
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| 14 | 14 | | GUARD MEMBERS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY. (a) A member of the Texas |
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| 15 | 15 | | National Guard who is a licensed peace officer and who is called to |
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| 16 | 16 | | state active duty to assist the Department of Public Safety in |
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| 17 | 17 | | providing security along the Texas-Mexico border may perform the |
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| 18 | 18 | | functions of a peace officer at the direction of the department in |
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| 19 | 19 | | any county located on the Texas-Mexico border. |
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| 20 | 20 | | (b) A member of the Texas National Guard who is a licensed |
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| 21 | 21 | | peace officer and who is called to state active duty during a state |
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| 22 | 22 | | of disaster declared under Section 418.014 may perform the |
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| 23 | 23 | | functions of a peace officer at the direction of the Texas Division |
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| 24 | 24 | | of Emergency Management in the area designated in the disaster |
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| 25 | 25 | | declaration. |
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| 26 | 26 | | SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is |
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| 27 | 27 | | amended by adding Section 1701.3072 to read as follows: |
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| 28 | 28 | | Sec. 1701.3072. EXPEDITED LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR NATIONAL |
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| 29 | 29 | | GUARD MEMBERS. The commission shall, as soon as practicable after |
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| 30 | 30 | | the date a member of the Texas National Guard files an application |
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| 31 | 31 | | for a peace officer license: |
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| 32 | 32 | | (1) process the application; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | (2) issue the license to the applicant if the |
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| 34 | 34 | | applicant otherwise qualifies for the license. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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| 36 | 36 | | last day of the legislative session. |
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