Texas 2009 - 81st Regular

Texas House Bill HB2241 Compare Versions

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1	1	81R8815 KSD-D
2	2	By: Chavez H.B. No. 2241
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the provision of state death benefits to certain
8	8	federal law enforcement officers and special agents who assist
9	9	state and local law enforcement agencies in this state.
10	10	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
11	11	SECTION 1. Section 615.003, Government Code, is amended to
12	12	read as follows:
13	13	Sec. 615.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
14	14	eligible survivors of the following individuals:
15	15	(1) an individual elected, appointed, or employed as a
16	16	peace officer by the state or a political subdivision of the state
17	17	under Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law;
18	18	(2) a paid probation officer appointed by the director
19	19	of a community supervision and corrections department who has the
20	20	duties set out in Section 76.002 and the qualifications set out in
21	21	Section 76.005, or who was appointed in accordance with prior law;
22	22	(3) a parole officer employed by the pardons and
23	23	paroles division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice who
24	24	has the duties set out in Section 508.001 and the qualifications set
25	25	out in Section 508.113 or in prior law;
26	26	(4) a paid jailer;
27	27	(5) a member of an organized police reserve or
28	28	auxiliary unit who regularly assists peace officers in enforcing
29	29	criminal laws;
30	30	(6) a member of the class of employees of the
31	31	institutional division or the state jail division of the Texas
32	32	Department of Criminal Justice formally designated as custodial
33	33	personnel under Section 615.006 by the Texas Board of Criminal
34	34	Justice or its predecessor in function;
35	35	(7) a jailer or guard of a county jail who is appointed
36	36	by the sheriff and who:
37	37	(A) performs a security, custodial, or
38	38	supervisory function over the admittance, confinement, or
39	39	discharge of prisoners; and
40	40	(B) is certified by the Commission on Law
41	41	Enforcement Officer Standards and Education;
42	42	(8) a juvenile correctional employee of the Texas
43	43	Youth Commission;
44	44	(9) an employee of the [Texas] Department of State
45	45	Health Services or the Department of Aging and Disability Services
46	46	[Mental Health and Mental Retardation] who:
47	47	(A) works at the Department of State Health
48	48	Services' [department's] maximum security unit; or
49	49	(B) performs on-site services for the Texas
50	50	Department of Criminal Justice;
51	51	(10) an individual who is employed by the state or a
52	52	political or legal subdivision and is subject to certification by
53	53	the Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
54	54	(11) an individual employed by the state or a
55	55	political or legal subdivision whose principal duties are aircraft
56	56	crash and rescue fire fighting;
57	57	(12) a member of an organized volunteer fire-fighting
58	58	unit that:
59	59	(A) renders fire-fighting services without
60	60	remuneration; and
61	61	(B) conducts a minimum of two drills each month,
62	62	each two hours long;
63	63	(13) an individual who:
64	64	(A) performs emergency medical services or
65	65	operates an ambulance;
66	66	(B) is employed by a political subdivision of the
67	67	state or is an emergency medical services volunteer as defined by
68	68	Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code; and
69	69	(C) is qualified as an emergency care attendant
70	70	or at a higher level of training under Section 773.046, 773.047,
71	71	773.048, 773.049, or 773.0495, Health and Safety Code; [or]
72	72	(14) an individual who is employed or formally
73	73	designated as a chaplain for:
74	74	(A) an organized volunteer fire-fighting unit or
75	75	other fire department of this state or of a political subdivision of
76	76	this state;
77	77	(B) a law enforcement agency of this state or of a
78	78	political subdivision of this state; or
79	79	(C) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice; or
80	80	(15) a federal law enforcement officer or special
81	81	agent, including a special investigator under Article 2.122, Code
82	82	of Criminal Procedure, who is performing duties in this state to
83	83	assist a state or local law enforcement agency of this state.
84	84	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act relating to
85	85	the death of certain federal law enforcement officers or special
86	86	agents applies only in relation to a death that occurs on or after
87	87	the effective date of this Act. Matters regarding eligibility,
88	88	payment, and benefits under Chapter 615, Government Code, in
89	89	relation to a death that occurs before the effective date of this
90	90	Act are governed by the law in effect when the death occurs, and the
91	91	former law is continued in effect for that purpose.
92	92	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2009.