By: Nelson, Huffman	S.B. No. 2222
	(In the Senate - Filed April 20, 2021; April 21, 2021, read
	first time and referred to Committee on Finance; April 28, 2021,
	reported adversely, with favorable Committee Substitute by the
	following vote:  Yeas 12, Nays 0; April 28, 2021, sent to printer.)
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	COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 2222	By:  Nelson

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to certain equipment provided for use by the officers of
	the Texas Highway Patrol.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter C, Chapter 411, Government Code, is
	amended by adding Section 411.033 to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.033.  CERTAIN EQUIPMENT FOR VEHICLES. The
	department shall equip all motor vehicles used by officers of the
	Texas Highway Patrol in discharging the officers' official duties
	with bullet-resistant windshields.
	SECTION 2.  The Department of Public Safety is required to
	implement a provision of this Act only if the legislature
	appropriates money specifically for that purpose. If the
	legislature does not appropriate money specifically for that
	purpose, the Department of Public Safety may, but is not required
	to, implement a provision of this Act using other appropriations
	available for that purpose.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
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