H.B. No. 3559

	AN ACT
	relating to the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.  The heading to Chapter 3105, Government Code, is
	amended to read as follows:
	CHAPTER 3105. TEXAS PEACE OFFICERS' MEMORIAL MONUMENT
	SECTION 2.  Section 3105.001, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 3105.001.  PURPOSE OF MONUMENT [MEMORIAL]. The Texas
	Peace Officers' Memorial Monument is [a monument] erected on the
	grounds of the Capitol Complex to recognize and honor the ultimate
	sacrifice made by law enforcement and corrections officers in this
	state who were killed in the line of duty.
	SECTION 3.  Section 3105.002(3), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(3)  "Monument" ["Memorial"] means the Texas Peace
	Officers' Memorial Monument.
	SECTION 4.  Section 3105.003, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 3105.003.  ELIGIBILITY FOR MONUMENT [MEMORIAL]. A
	person is eligible to have the person's name on the monument
	[memorial] if the person was killed in the line of duty and was:
	(1)  a law enforcement officer or peace officer for
	this state or a political subdivision of this state under Article
	2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law;
	(2)  a federal law enforcement officer or special agent
	performing duties in this state, including those officers under
	Article 2.122, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
	(3)  a corrections or detention officer or county or
	municipal jailer employed or appointed by a municipal, county, or
	state penal institution in this state.
	SECTION 5.  The heading to Section 3105.004, Government
	Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 3105.004.  MAINTENANCE OF MONUMENT [MEMORIAL].
	SECTION 6.  Sections 3105.004(a), (b), and (d), Government
	Code, are amended to read as follows:
	(a)  The board is responsible for the maintenance of the
	monument.  The board may raise money from private or public entities
	for the continued maintenance and update of the monument
	[memorial]. The board shall:
	(1)  establish a schedule for the maintenance of the
	monument [memorial]; and
	(2)  select persons to maintain the monument
	[memorial].
	(b)  The commission shall:
	(1)  establish and maintain historical and archival
	records of the inducted officers and jailers that must be
	accessible to family members and independent researchers; and
	(2)  adopt rules and establish procedures for adding
	names to the monument [memorial] in accordance with Section
	3105.003[; and
	[(3)     raise money from private or public entities for
	the continued maintenance and update of the memorial and transfer
	all the money to the board].
	(d)  An entity that collects funds for the maintenance and
	improvement of the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Monument shall
	send that money to the board [commission] to be deposited in the
	Capitol fund account.
	SECTION 7.  Section 3105.005(a), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(a)  Money contributed to the state for a purpose related to
	the monument [memorial] shall be deposited by the board in the
	Capitol fund to the credit of a separate interest-bearing account
	established for the monument [memorial].
	SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.
	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3559 was passed by the House on April
	25, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 136, Nays 0, 2 present, not
	voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
	No. 3559 on May 16, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 142, Nays 0,
	2 present, not voting.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House
	I certify that H.B. No. 3559 was passed by the Senate, with
	amendments, on May 15, 2013, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays
	0.
	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: __________________
	Date
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	Governor