Bill Text: TX SB2222 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Relating to certain equipment provided for use by the officers of the Texas Highway Patrol.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 10-3)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-18 - Effective immediately [SB2222 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SB2222-Enrolled.html
| S.B. No. 2222 | ||
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| 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. | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2222 passed the Senate on | ||
| May 5, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that S.B. No. 2222 passed the House on | ||
| May 26, 2021, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two present | ||
| not voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| Approved: | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
