Bill Text: TX HB2008 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Introduced

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Bill Title: Relating to the suspension of the license of a dishonorably discharged law enforcement officer.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-03-15 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB2008 Detail]

Download: Texas-2021-HB2008-Introduced.html

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87R1052 JCG-D
By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2008

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the suspension of the license of a dishonorably
discharged law enforcement officer.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 1701.4521(a), Occupations Code, is
amended to read as follows:
(a) The commission shall suspend the license of an officer
licensed under this chapter on notification that the officer has
been dishonorably discharged [if the officer has previously been
dishonorably discharged from another law enforcement agency].
SECTION 2. (a) In this section, "dishonorably discharged"
has the meaning assigned by Section 1701.452, Occupations Code.
(b) Section 1701.4521(a), Occupations Code, as amended by
this Act, applies only to the suspension of a license issued under
Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, for a law enforcement officer who
is dishonorably discharged on or after the effective date of this
Act. The suspension of a license for a law enforcement officer who
is dishonorably discharged before the effective date of this Act is
governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective
date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that
purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.