Bill Text: TX HB3559 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Comm Sub
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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-Comm_Sub.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-Comm_Sub.html
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By: Pickett | H.B. No. 3559 | ||
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By: Pickett | C.S.H.B. No. 3559 |
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relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument. | ||
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
SECTION 1. The heading to Chapter 3105, Government Code, is | ||
amended to read as follows: | ||
CHAPTER 3105. TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL MONUMENT | ||
SECTION 2. Section 3105.001, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3105.001. PURPOSE OF MONUMENT [ |
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Peace Officers' Memorial Monument is [ |
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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 in the line of duty. | ||
SECTION 3. Section 3105.002(3), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(3) "Monument" [ |
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Officers' Memorial Monument. | ||
SECTION 4. Section 3105.003, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3105.003. ELIGIBILITY FOR MONUMENT [ |
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person is eligible to have the person's name on the monument | ||
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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; | ||
(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; 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. | ||
SECTION 5. The heading to Section 3105.004, Government | ||
Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3105.004. MAINTENANCE OF MONUMENT [ |
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SECTION 6. Sections 3105.004(a), (b), and (d), Government | ||
Code, are amended to read as follows: | ||
(a) The board is responsible for the maintenance of the | ||
monument and shall use money appropriated to the board for that | ||
purpose. The board may raise money from private or public entities | ||
for the continued maintenance and update of the monument | ||
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(1) establish a schedule for the maintenance of the | ||
monument [ |
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(2) select persons to maintain the monument | ||
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(b) The commission shall: | ||
(1) establish and maintain historical and archival | ||
records of the inducted officers and jailers that must be | ||
accessible to family members and independent researchers; and | ||
(2) adopt rules and establish procedures for adding | ||
names to the monument [ |
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(d) An entity that collects funds for the maintenance and | ||
improvement of the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument shall | ||
send that money to the board [ |
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Capitol fund account. | ||
SECTION 7. Section 3105.005(a), Government Code, is amended | ||
to read as follows: | ||
(a) Money contributed to the state for a purpose related to | ||
the monument [ |
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Capitol fund to the credit of a separate interest-bearing account | ||
established for the monument [ |
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SECTION 8. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |