Tex. Gov't Code § 3106.0041 · Chapter 3106. STAR OF TEXAS AWARDS
CITIZENS' STAR OF TEXAS AWARD.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The Citizens' Star of Texas Award shall be awarded to:
(1) a private citizen who is seriously injured while aiding or attempting to aid a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical first responder in the performance of the duties of the officer, firefighter, or first responder; and
(2) the surviving next of kin of a private citizen who is killed or sustains a fatal injury while aiding or attempting to aid a peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical first responder in the performance of the duties of the officer, firefighter, or first responder.
(b) The Peace Officers' Star of Texas Award Advisory Committee under Section 3106.002, the Firefighters' Star of Texas Award Advisory Committee under Section 3106.003, and the Emergency Medical First Responders' Star of Texas Award Advisory Committee under Section 3106.004, as applicable, shall advise the governor on the issuance, design, and presentation of the Citizens' Star of Texas Award.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 585 (S.B. 877), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.3106.htm
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