Bill Text: TX HB872 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to the reactivation of a peace officer license; authorizing fees.
Spectrum: Slight Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-09 - Effective on 9/1/15 [HB872 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HB872-Enrolled.html
| H.B. No. 872 | ||
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| relating to the reactivation of a peace officer license; | ||
| authorizing fees. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Section 1701.316, Occupations Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: | ||
| (c) The commission shall reactivate a peace officer's | ||
| license after a break in employment if the former license holder: | ||
| (1) completed at least 10 years of full-time service | ||
| as a peace officer in good standing before the break in employment; | ||
| (2) meets current licensing standards; | ||
| (3) successfully completes: | ||
| (A) an online or in-person supplemental peace | ||
| officer course of not more than 120 hours; and | ||
| (B) other in-person training requirements of not | ||
| more than 40 hours; | ||
| (4) passes a peace officer reactivation examination; | ||
| (5) files an application; and | ||
| (6) pays any required fees. | ||
| SECTION 2. Section 1701.316(c), Occupations Code, as added | ||
| by this Act, applies only to a license for which an application for | ||
| reactivation of the license is filed on or after the effective date | ||
| of this Act. A license for which an application for reactivation of | ||
| the license is filed before the effective date of this Act is | ||
| governed by the law in effect on the date the application was filed, | ||
| and the former law is continued in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.B. No. 872 was passed by the House on April | ||
| 29, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 1 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.B. No. 872 was passed by the Senate on May | ||
| 22, 2015, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: _____________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| _____________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
