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AN ACT
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relating to establishing the Citizens' Star of Texas Award. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 3106.001, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Subdivision (4) to read as follows: |
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(4) "Next of kin" means the relative in the nearest |
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degree of relationship to a deceased person, including the person's |
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spouse, child, parent, or sibling. |
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SECTION 2. Chapter 3106, Government Code, is amended by |
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adding Section 3106.0041 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 3106.0041. CITIZENS' STAR OF TEXAS AWARD. (a) The |
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Citizens' Star of Texas Award shall be awarded to: |
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(1) a private citizen who is seriously injured while |
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aiding or attempting to aid a peace officer, firefighter, or |
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emergency medical first responder in the performance of the duties |
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of the officer, firefighter, or first responder; and |
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(2) the surviving next of kin of a private citizen who |
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is killed or sustains a fatal injury while aiding or attempting to |
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aid a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical first |
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responder in the performance of the duties of the officer, |
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firefighter, or first responder. |
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(b) The Peace Officers' Star of Texas Award Advisory |
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Committee under Section 3106.002, the Firefighters' Star of Texas |
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Award Advisory Committee under Section 3106.003, and the Emergency |
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Medical First Responders' Star of Texas Award Advisory Committee |
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under Section 3106.004, as applicable, shall advise the governor on |
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the issuance, design, and presentation of the Citizens' Star of |
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Texas Award. |
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SECTION 3. Section 3106.007, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 3106.007. RECOMMENDATION FOR AWARD. (a) Any person |
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who has personal knowledge that a peace officer, firefighter, or |
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emergency medical first responder has been killed or seriously |
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injured in the line of duty, or that a federal law enforcement |
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officer or special agent has been killed or seriously injured while |
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performing duties in this state to assist a state or local law |
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enforcement agency, may submit that information in writing to a |
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committee under this chapter. |
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(b) The head of an agency that employs a peace officer, |
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firefighter, or emergency medical first responder who has knowledge |
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of a private citizen described by Section 3106.0041(a) and a state |
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legislator representing the district in which the private citizen |
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resides may submit information about the private citizen in writing |
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to a committee under this chapter. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 877 passed the Senate on |
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April 4, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that S.B. No. 877 passed the House on |
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May 20, 2013, by the following vote: Yeas 147, Nays 0, two |
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present not voting. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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Approved: |
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Governor |