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  H.B. No. 315
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to the purchasing of the uniform of certain honorably
  retired or medically discharged peace officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  The heading to Subchapter D, Chapter 614,
  Government Code, is amended to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER D. PURCHASE OF FIREARM OR UNIFORM OF HONORABLY RETIRED,
  MEDICALLY DISCHARGED, OR DECEASED PEACE OFFICER
         SECTION 2.  Subchapter D, Chapter 614, Government Code, is
  amended by adding Section 614.055 to read as follows:
         Sec. 614.055.  PURCHASE OF UNIFORM ISSUED TO HONORABLY
  RETIRED AND CERTAIN MEDICALLY DISCHARGED STATE PEACE OFFICERS. (a)  
  An individual may purchase a uniform from a state agency if:
               (1)  the individual was a peace officer commissioned by
  the agency;
               (2)  the individual was honorably retired or medically
  discharged under conditions other than dishonorable from the
  individual's commission by the agency; and
               (3)  the uniform had been previously issued to the
  individual by the agency.
         (b)  The nearest surviving relative of an individual
  described by Subsection (a) may purchase the individual's uniform
  from the state agency.
         (c)  A state agency shall establish the amount, which may not
  exceed fair market value, for which a uniform may be purchased under
  this section.
         (d)  An individual who purchases a uniform or on whose behalf
  a uniform is purchased under this section may be buried in the
  uniform.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 315 was passed by the House on April
  8, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 149, Nays 0, 1 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 315 on May 20, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1
  present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 315 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 17, 2021, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor