Bill Text: TX SB1641 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2017-03-22 - Referred to Criminal Justice [SB1641 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SB1641-Introduced.html
By: Watson | S.B. No. 1641 | |
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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. Section 3105.003, Government Code, is amended to | ||
read as follows: | ||
Sec. 3105.003. ELIGIBILITY FOR MONUMENT. (a) A [ |
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monument if the person was killed in the line of duty and was: | ||
(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. | ||
(b) It is presumed that a person described by subsection (a) | ||
was killed in the line of duty if the Employees Retirement System of | ||
Texas has awarded benefits to the eligible survivors of the person | ||
as provided by Chapter 615. | ||
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2017. |