Bill Text: TX SB444 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to the purchasing of a uniform by certain honorably retired peace officers.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-30 - Left pending in committee [SB444 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB444-Introduced.html
| 87R2035 ANG-D | ||
| By: Hughes | S.B. No. 444 | |
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| relating to the purchasing of a uniform by certain honorably | ||
| retired peace officers. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 614, | ||
| Government Code, is amended to read as follows: | ||
| SUBCHAPTER D. PURCHASE OF FIREARM OR UNIFORM OF HONORABLY | ||
| RETIRED OR DECEASED PEACE OFFICER | ||
| SECTION 2. Subchapter D, Chapter 614, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 614.055 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 614.055. PURCHASE OF UNIFORM BY HONORABLY RETIRED | ||
| STATE PEACE OFFICERS. (a) An individual may purchase a uniform | ||
| from a state agency if: | ||
| (1) the individual was a peace officer commissioned by | ||
| the agency; | ||
| (2) the individual was honorably retired from the | ||
| individual's commission by the agency; and | ||
| (3) the uniform had been previously issued to the | ||
| individual by the agency. | ||
| (b) A state agency shall establish the amount, which may not | ||
| exceed fair market value, for which a uniform may be purchased under | ||
| this section. | ||
| (c) An individual who purchases a uniform under this section | ||
| may be buried in the uniform. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
