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Amend CSSB 4 (house committee report) by adding the following appropriately numbered SECTIONS to the bill and renumbering subsequent SECTIONS of the bill accordingly:
SECTION ____. The heading to Chapter 370, Local Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
CHAPTER 370. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO [MUNICIPAL AND COUNTY] HEALTH AND PUBLIC SAFETY OF MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT
SECTION ____. Chapter 370, Local Government Code, is amended by adding Section 370.007 to read as follows:
Sec. 370.007. COMMISSIONING AND EMPLOYING CERTAIN VETERANS AS PEACE OFFICERS. Notwithstanding any other law, a political subdivision that commissions and employs peace officers may commission and employ as a peace officer a legal permanent resident of the United States who is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States.
SECTION ____. Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is amended by adding Section 1701.3095 to read as follows:
Sec. 1701.3095. LICENSING OF CERTAIN VETERANS WHO ARE LEGAL PERMANENT RESIDENTS. The commission shall issue a peace officer license to a person who is a legal permanent resident of the United States if the person:
(1) meets the requirements of this chapter and the commission's rules; and
(2) is an honorably discharged veteran of the armed forces of the United States.