Bill Text: TX HB2319 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to disciplinary action against a peace officer by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement for failure to cooperate with an investigation by a law enforcement agency.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-09 - Referred to Homeland Security & Public Safety [HB2319 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB2319-Introduced.html
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| By: Wu | H.B. No. 2319 | |
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| relating to disciplinary action against a peace officer by the | ||
| Texas Commission on Law Enforcement for failure to cooperate with | ||
| an investigation by a law enforcement agency. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1701.5015 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1701.5015. FAILURE TO COOPERATE WITH INVESTIGATION BY | ||
| LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), | ||
| the commission shall suspend or revoke the license of a peace | ||
| officer who fails to cooperate, including by submitting to an | ||
| interview, with a law enforcement agency during an investigation by | ||
| the agency. | ||
| (b) A peace officer's license may not be suspended or | ||
| revoked under this section solely on the grounds that the peace | ||
| officer invoked the officer's right against self-incrimination | ||
| under the United States Constitution or the Texas Constitution. | ||
| (c) The commission shall adopt rules to implement this | ||
| section. | ||
| SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date | ||
| of this Act, the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement shall adopt the | ||
| rules required by Section 1701.5015, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
| this Act. | ||
| SECTION 3. Section 1701.5015, Occupations Code, as added by | ||
| this Act, applies only to conduct that occurs on or after the | ||
| effective date of this Act. Conduct that occurs before the | ||
| effective date of this Act is governed by the law in effect on the | ||
| date the conduct occurred, and the former law is continued in effect | ||
| for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | ||
