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            H.B. No. 2154
         
               AN ACT
            
            relating to the adoption of physical fitness programs and standards 
         
            for law enforcement officers employed by the office of the attorney 
         
            general.
         
                   BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                   SECTION 1.  Section 614.171(1), Government Code, is amended 
         
            to read as follows:
         
                         (1)  "Law enforcement agency" means the Department of 
         
            Public Safety, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas 
         
            Department of Criminal Justice, [and] Parks and Wildlife 
         
            Department, and the office of the attorney general.
         
                   SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives 
         
            a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as 
         
            provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this 
         
            Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this 
         
            Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
         
            ______________________________
            ______________________________
         
               President of the Senate
            Speaker of the House     
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 2154 was passed by the House on May 2, 
         
            2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 127, Nays 17, 3 present, not 
         
            voting.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Chief Clerk of the House   
         
                   I certify that H.B. No. 2154 was passed by the Senate on May 
         
            18, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0.
         
            ______________________________
         
            Secretary of the Senate    
         
            APPROVED:  _____________________
         
                               Date          
         
                      _____________________
         
                             Governor       
         
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Government Code 614.171 (Government Code 614)
House Committee Report: Government Code 614.171 (Government Code 614)
Engrossed: Government Code 614.171 (Government Code 614)
Senate Committee Report: Government Code 614.171 (Government Code 614)
Enrolled: Government Code 614.171 (Government Code 614)




	AN ACT
	relating to the adoption of physical fitness programs and standards
	for law enforcement officers employed by the office of the attorney
	general.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 614.171(1), Government Code, is amended
	to read as follows:
	(1) "Law enforcement agency" means the Department of
	Public Safety, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas
	Department of Criminal Justice, [~~and~~] Parks and Wildlife
	Department, and the office of the attorney general.
	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
	a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
	provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
	Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
	Act takes effect September 1, 2023.


	______________________________	______________________________
	President of the Senate	Speaker of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2154 was passed by the House on May 2,
	2023, by the following vote: Yeas 127, Nays 17, 3 present, not
	voting.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House


	I certify that H.B. No. 2154 was passed by the Senate on May
	18, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.

	______________________________
	Secretary of the Senate
	APPROVED: _____________________
	Date

	_____________________
	Governor