87R1052 JCG-D     By: Reynolds H.B. No. 2008       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the suspension of the license of a dishonorably   discharged law enforcement officer.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Section 1701.4521(a), Occupations Code, is   amended to read as follows:          (a)  The commission shall suspend the license of an officer   licensed under this chapter on notification that the officer has   been dishonorably discharged [if the officer has previously been   dishonorably discharged from another law enforcement agency].          SECTION 2.  (a) In this section, "dishonorably discharged"   has the meaning assigned by Section 1701.452, Occupations Code.          (b)  Section 1701.4521(a), Occupations Code, as amended by   this Act, applies only to the suspension of a license issued under   Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, for a law enforcement officer who   is dishonorably discharged on or after the effective date of this   Act. The suspension of a license for a law enforcement officer who   is dishonorably discharged before the effective date of this Act is   governed by the law as it existed immediately before the effective   date of this Act, and that law is continued in effect for that   purpose.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.