87R11129 CJC-D     By: Canales H.B. No. 2001       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to procedures and practices governing the appeal of a   disciplinary action within the Department of Public Safety.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 411.007(f), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (f)  A discharged commissioned officer is entitled, on   application to the commission, to a public hearing before the   commission, who shall affirm, modify, or set aside the   discharge.  The commission shall affirm, modify, or set aside a   discharge on the basis of the evidence presented to the   commission.  If the commission affirms the discharge, the   discharged officer may seek judicial review, not later than the   90th day after the date the commission affirms the discharge, in a   district court under the substantial evidence standard of review,   and the officer remains suspended without pay while the case is   under judicial review. If the commission sets aside or modifies the   discharge, including by prescribing a period of suspension or a   demotion, the commission may award back pay for all or part of the   period during which the commissioned officer was suspended without   pay.          SECTION 2.  Section 411.0072(b), Government Code, is amended   to read as follows:          (b)  The commission shall establish procedures and practices   governing the appeal of a disciplinary action within the   department. The procedures and practices must allow a commissioned   officer who is the subject of a disciplinary action to present   testimony and evidence to the commission at a hearing on the appeal.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.