H.B. No. 2068
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to an identification card for certain retired peace
  officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 1701.357(i), Occupations Code, is
  amended to read as follows:
         (i)  On request of an honorably [a] retired officer who holds
  a certificate of  proficiency under this section, the head of the 
  [a] state or local law enforcement agency from which the officer
  retired shall [may] issue to the retired officer identification
  that indicates that the officer honorably retired from the
  agency.  An identification under this subsection must include a
  photograph of the retired officer.
         SECTION 2.  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, 2009.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2068 was passed by the House on April
  22, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2068 was passed by the Senate on May
  21, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate    
  APPROVED:  _____________________
                     Date          
   
            _____________________
                   Governor