87R6939 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 411.0072(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 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.