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Committee adds former military officers to sheriff-qualification bill, passes House Bill 246 as amended
Summary
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee approved an amendment adding 'former military officer' to the eligibility language in a committee substitute to House Bill 246 and then passed the bill as amended by voice vote.
The Public Safety and Homeland Security Committee approved an amendment and passed a committee substitute to House Bill 246, changing who may qualify for sheriff candidacy to include certain first responders, former military officers and former or current law enforcement officers, the committee recorded.
Vice Chairman Houston Gaines, the bill’s author, told the committee the change centers on who may qualify under the statute that defines eligible public-safety personnel. "As long as they swear or affirm that they would…
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