Texas Constitution:Article III, Section 52-e: Difference between revisions
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|seo_title=Article III, Section 52-e of the Texas Constitution ("County Payment of Medical Expenses of Law Enforcement Officials") | |seo_title=Article III, Section 52-e of the Texas Constitution ("County Payment of Medical Expenses of Law Enforcement Officials") | ||
|seo_keywords=Article 3 Section 52-e, | |seo_keywords=Article 3 Section 52-e, law enforcement, grants authorization | ||
|seo_description=Counties may pay the medical expenses and full salary of certain injured local law enforcement officials. | |seo_description=Counties may pay the medical expenses and full salary of certain injured local law enforcement officials. | ||
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Latest revision as of 16:34, August 16, 2023
Added November 11, 1967:
Each county in the State of Texas is hereby authorized to pay all medical expenses, all doctor bills and all hospital bills for sheriffs, deputy sheriffs, constables, deputy constables and other county and precinct law enforcement officials who are injured in the course of their official duties; providing that while said sheriff, deputy sheriff, constable, deputy constable or other county or precinct law enforcement official is hospitalized or incapacitated that the county shall continue to pay his maximum salary; providing, however, that said payment of salary shall cease on the expiration of the term of office to which such official was elected or appointed. Provided, however, that no provision contained herein shall be construed to amend, modify, repeal or nullify Article 16, Section 31, of the Constitution of the State of Texas.
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- Vernon's Annotated Constitution of the State of Texas (this multi-volume and up-to-date resource is available at all law libraries and many municipal libraries)
- The Texas State Constitution: A Reference Guide (this one-volume resource is available at most law libraries and some municipal libraries)
- The Constitution of the State of Texas: An Annotated and Comparative Analysis (this two-volume resource is available at most law libraries and some municipal libraries)
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- Constitution of the State of Texas (1876) (this resource is published and maintained by the University of Texas School of Law)
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