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1		-	H.B. No. 2816
	1	+	By: Lucio III (Senate Sponsor - Watson) H.B. No. 2816
	2	+	(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2019;
	3	+	May 10, 2019, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
	4	+	Commerce; May 20, 2019, reported favorably by the following vote:
	5	+	Yeas 8, Nays 0; May 20, 2019, sent to printer.)
	6	+	Click here to see the committee vote
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	9	+	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
4	10		AN ACT
5	11		relating to compensation and leave for certain employees of the
6	12		fraud unit of the Texas Department of Insurance.
7	13		BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
8	14		SECTION 1. Section 659.301(5), Government Code, is amended
9	15		to read as follows:
10	16		(5) "State employee" means an individual who:
11	17		(A) is a commissioned law enforcement officer of
12	18		the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Facilities Commission,
13	19		the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the Texas Department of
14	20		Criminal Justice, [or] the attorney general, or the insurance fraud
15	21		unit of the Texas Department of Insurance;
16	22		(B) is a commissioned security officer of the
17	23		comptroller;
18	24		(C) is a law enforcement officer commissioned by
19	25		the Parks and Wildlife Commission;
20	26		(D) is a commissioned peace officer of an
21	27		institution of higher education;
22	28		(E) is an employee or official of the Board of
23	29		Pardons and Paroles or the parole division of the Texas Department
24	30		of Criminal Justice if the employee or official has routine direct
25	31		contact with inmates of any penal or correctional institution or
26	32		with administratively released prisoners subject to the board's
27	33		jurisdiction;
28	34		(F) has been certified to the Employees
29	35		Retirement System of Texas under Section 815.505 as having begun
30	36		employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial officer,
31	37		unless the individual has been certified to the system as having
32	38		ceased employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial
33	39		officer; or
34	40		(G) before May 29, 1987, received hazardous duty
35	41		pay based on the terms of any state law if the individual holds a
36	42		position designated under that law as eligible for the pay.
37	43		SECTION 2. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, is amended
38	44		to read as follows:
39	45		(a) This section applies to a peace officer under Article
40	46		2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is commissioned as a law
41	47		enforcement officer or agent, including a ranger, by:
42	48		(1) the Public Safety Commission and the director of
43	49		the Department of Public Safety;
44	50		(2) the Parks and Wildlife Commission;
45	51		(3) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; [or]
46	52		(4) the attorney general; or
47	53		(5) the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department
48	54		of Insurance.
49	55		SECTION 3. Section 701.104, Insurance Code, is amended by
50	56		adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
51	57		(d) The commissioner shall ensure that a peace officer
52	58		commissioned under Subsection (a) is compensated according to
53	59		Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule
54	60		prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.
55	61		SECTION 4. (a) The classification officer in the office of
56	62		the state auditor shall classify the position of commissioned peace
57	63		officer employed by the insurance fraud unit of the Texas
58	64		Department of Insurance as a Schedule C position under the Texas
59	65		Position Classification Plan.
60	66		(b) The change made by the classification officer as
61	67		required by this section applies beginning with the state fiscal
62	68		biennium beginning September 1, 2019.
63	69		(c) This section expires September 1, 2021.
64	70		SECTION 5. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, as amended
65	71		by this Act, applies only to an injury that occurs on or after the
66	72		effective date of this Act.
67	73		SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
68		-	______________________________ ______________________________
69		-	President of the Senate Speaker of the House
70		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2816 was passed by the House on May 7,
71		-	2019, by the following vote: Yeas 141, Nays 5, 2 present, not
72		-	voting.
73		-	______________________________
74		-	Chief Clerk of the House
75		-	I certify that H.B. No. 2816 was passed by the Senate on May
76		-	22, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays 1.
77		-	______________________________
78		-	Secretary of the Senate
79		-	APPROVED: _____________________
80		-	Date
81		-	_____________________
82		-	Governor
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