The following words and terms, when used in this chapter, shall have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
- (1) Agency--A law enforcement unit or other entity, whether public or private, authorized by Texas law to appoint a Texas peace officer or reserve peace officer.
- (2) Certified copy--A true and correct copy of a document or record certified to by the custodian of the records of the submitting entity.
- (3) Committee--The Texas Peace Officers' Memorial Advisory Committee, an advisory body authorized under the Texas Government Code, Chapter 415, Subchapter F, or its successor.
- (4) Individual--A human being who has been born and is or was alive.
- (5) Killed in the line of duty--A Texas peace officer who has died as a directly attributed result of a personal injury sustained in the line of duty.
- (6) Law--Including, but not limited to, the constitution or a statute of this state, or the United States; a written opinion of a court of record; a municipal ordinance; an order of a county commissioners court; or a rule authorized by and lawfully adopted under a statute.
- (7) Line of duty--Any lawful and reasonable action which a Texas peace officer is authorized by law, rule, regulation, or written condition of employment or appointment to perform.
- (8) Texas Peace Officer--An individual elected, employed, or appointed as a peace officer under Texas law; an individual appointed under Texas law as a reserve peace officer who had been officially called to duty; a commissioned deputy game warden, or for the purposes of eligibility for the Texas Peace Officers' Memorial, a corrections officer in a municipal, county or state penal institution.
- (9) Verification (verified)--The confirmation of the correctness, truth, or authenticity of a document, report, or information by sworn affidavit, oath, or deposition.
Source Note:The provisions of this §229.1 adopted to be effective April 30, 1993, 18 TexReg 1940; amended to be effective March 1, 1997, 22 TexReg 61.