Bill Text: TX HB284 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the powers of peace officer members of the Texas National Guard and expediting applications for peace officer licenses from members of the Texas National Guard.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-07-15 - Filed [HB284 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB284-Introduced.html
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| By: Jetton | H.B. No. 284 | |
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| relating to the powers of peace officer members of the Texas | ||
| National Guard and expediting applications for peace officer | ||
| licenses from members of the Texas National Guard. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter F, Chapter 437, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 437.256 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 437.256. LAW ENFORCEMENT POWERS OF CERTAIN NATIONAL | ||
| GUARD MEMBERS CALLED TO ACTIVE DUTY. (a) A member of the Texas | ||
| National Guard who is a licensed peace officer and who is called to | ||
| state active duty to assist the Department of Public Safety in | ||
| providing security along the Texas-Mexico border may perform the | ||
| functions of a peace officer at the direction of the department in | ||
| any county located on the Texas-Mexico border. | ||
| (b) A member of the Texas National Guard who is a licensed | ||
| peace officer and who is called to state active duty during a state | ||
| of disaster declared under Section 418.014 may perform the | ||
| functions of a peace officer at the direction of the Texas Division | ||
| of Emergency Management in the area designated in the disaster | ||
| declaration. | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1701.3072 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1701.3072. EXPEDITED LICENSE PROCEDURE FOR NATIONAL | ||
| GUARD MEMBERS. The commission shall, as soon as practicable after | ||
| the date a member of the Texas National Guard files an application | ||
| for a peace officer license: | ||
| (1) process the application; and | ||
| (2) issue the license to the applicant if the | ||
| applicant otherwise qualifies for the license. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect on the 91st day after the | ||
| last day of the legislative session. | ||
