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|  | AN ACT | 
|  | relating to the responsibilities of a person who qualifies for a | 
|  | peace officer license but has not yet been appointed as a peace | 
|  | officer. | 
|  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
|  | SECTION 1.  Subchapter G, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | 
|  | amended by adding Section 1701.3075 to read as follows: | 
|  | Sec. 1701.3075.  QUALIFIED APPLICANT AWAITING APPOINTMENT. | 
|  | (a)  A person who meets the requirements set forth in Section | 
|  | 1701.307(a) has the same reporting responsibilities toward the | 
|  | commission under rules adopted by the commission as a license | 
|  | holder who has already been appointed as a peace officer. | 
|  | (b)  The commission may determine that a person who meets the | 
|  | requirements under Section 1701.307(a) is ineligible for | 
|  | appointment as a peace officer based on events that occur after the | 
|  | person meets the requirements in Section 1701.307(a) but before the | 
|  | person is appointed. | 
|  | SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2009. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
|  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
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|  | I certify that H.B. No. 2799 was passed by the House on May | 
|  | 15, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 144, Nays 0, 1 present, not | 
|  | voting. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
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|  | I certify that H.B. No. 2799 was passed by the Senate on May | 
|  | 27, 2009, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
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|  | ______________________________ | 
|  | Secretary of the Senate | 
|  | APPROVED:  _____________________ | 
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|  | _____________________ | 
|  | Governor |