Bill Text: TX HB3559 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3559 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3559-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-14 - Effective on 9/1/13 [HB3559 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HB3559-Introduced.html
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By: Pickett | H.B. No. 3559 |
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relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. Section 3105.001, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3105.001. PURPOSE OF MEMORIAL. The Texas Peace | ||
Officers' Memorial is a monument erected on the grounds of the | ||
Capitol Complex to recognize and honor the ultimate sacrifice made | ||
by law enforcement and corrections officers in this state who were | ||
killed or died as a result of personal injury sustained in the line | ||
of duty. | ||
SECTION 2. Sections 3105.003 and 3105.004, Government Code, | ||
are amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3105.003. ELIGIBILITY FOR MEMORIAL. A person is | ||
eligible to have the person's name on the memorial if the person was | ||
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(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, and the person's | ||
survivors would be entitled to benefits under Chapter 615; | ||
(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, and the person was | ||
killed in the line of duty; 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, and the person's survivors | ||
would be entitled to benefits under Chapter 615. | ||
Sec. 3105.004. MAINTENANCE OF MEMORIAL. (a) The board is | ||
responsible for the maintenance of the memorial and shall use money | ||
appropriated to the board for that purpose. The board shall: | ||
(1) establish a schedule for the maintenance of the | ||
memorial; [ |
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(2) select persons to maintain the memorial;[ |
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records of the inducted officers and jailers that must be | ||
accessible to family members and independent researchers; and | ||
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adding names to the memorial in accordance with Section 3105.003[ |
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or private entities to: | ||
(1) facilitate research; | ||
(2) establish and maintain historical and archival | ||
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(3) store records in a place accessible to the public; | ||
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(4) raise money for the continued maintenance and | ||
improvement of the memorial. | ||
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maintenance and improvement of the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial | ||
shall send that money to the board [ |
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the Capitol fund account. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 3105.002(2), Government Code, is | ||
repealed. | ||
SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |