| 1 | 1 | | 84R11278 MCK-D |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Rose H.B. No. 2631 |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 6 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 7 | | relating to hazardous duty pay for certain employees working at |
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| 8 | 8 | | state supported living centers and state hospitals. |
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| 9 | 9 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 10 | | SECTION 1. Section 659.301(5), Government Code, is amended |
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| 11 | 11 | | to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (5) "State employee" means an individual who: |
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| 13 | 13 | | (A) is a commissioned law enforcement officer of |
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| 14 | 14 | | the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Facilities Commission, |
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| 15 | 15 | | the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, or the Texas Department of |
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| 16 | 16 | | Criminal Justice; |
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| 17 | 17 | | (B) is a commissioned security officer of the |
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| 18 | 18 | | comptroller; |
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| 19 | 19 | | (C) is a law enforcement officer commissioned by |
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| 20 | 20 | | the Parks and Wildlife Commission; |
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| 21 | 21 | | (D) is a commissioned peace officer of an |
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| 22 | 22 | | institution of higher education; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (E) is an employee or official of the Board of |
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| 24 | 24 | | Pardons and Paroles or the parole division of the Texas Department |
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| 25 | 25 | | of Criminal Justice if the employee or official has routine direct |
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| 26 | 26 | | contact with inmates of any penal or correctional institution or |
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| 27 | 27 | | with administratively released prisoners subject to the board's |
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| 28 | 28 | | jurisdiction; |
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| 29 | 29 | | (F) has been certified to the Employees |
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| 30 | 30 | | Retirement System of Texas under Section 815.505 as having begun |
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| 31 | 31 | | employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial officer, |
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| 32 | 32 | | unless the individual has been certified to the system as having |
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| 33 | 33 | | ceased employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial |
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| 34 | 34 | | officer; [or] |
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| 35 | 35 | | (G) before May 29, 1987, received hazardous duty |
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| 36 | 36 | | pay based on the terms of any state law if the individual holds a |
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| 37 | 37 | | position designated under that law as eligible for the pay; or |
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| 38 | 38 | | (H) is an employee of a state supported living |
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| 39 | 39 | | center as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code, or a |
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| 40 | 40 | | state hospital if the employee is in direct contact with patients |
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| 41 | 41 | | more than 50 percent of the time the employee performs assigned |
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| 42 | 42 | | duties at the facility. |
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| 43 | 43 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |
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