Texas 2019 - 86th Regular

Texas Senate Bill SB1171 Compare Versions

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1	1	By: Menéndez S.B. No. 1171
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4	4	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
5	5	AN ACT
6	6	relating to death benefits for members of the Texas Military
7	7	Forces.
8	8	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
9	9	SECTION 1. Section 615.003, Government Code, is amended to
10	10	read as follows:
11	11	SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
12	12	Sec. Sec. 615.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies
13	13	only to eligible survivors of the following individuals:
14	14	(1) an individual:
15	15	(A) elected, appointed, or employed as a peace
16	16	officer by the state or a political subdivision of the state under
17	17	Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law; or
18	18	(B) employed as a peace officer by a private
19	19	institution of higher education, including a private junior
20	20	college, that is located in this state under Section 51.212,
21	21	Education Code;
22	22	(2) a paid probation officer appointed by the director
23	23	of a community supervision and corrections department who has the
24	24	duties set out in Section 76.002 and the qualifications set out in
25	25	Section 76.005, or who was appointed in accordance with prior law;
26	26	(3) a parole officer employed by the Texas Department
27	27	of Criminal Justice who has the duties set out in Section 508.001
28	28	and the qualifications set out in Section 508.113 or in prior law;
29	29	(4) a paid jailer;
30	30	(5) a member of an organized police reserve or
31	31	auxiliary unit who regularly assists peace officers in enforcing
32	32	criminal laws;
33	33	(6) a member of the class of employees of the
34	34	correctional institutions division formally designated as
35	35	custodial personnel under Section 615.006 by the Texas Board of
36	36	Criminal Justice or its predecessor in function;
37	37	(7) a jailer or guard of a county jail who is appointed
38	38	by the sheriff and who:
39	39	(A) performs a security, custodial, or
40	40	supervisory function over the admittance, confinement, or
41	41	discharge of prisoners; and
42	42	(B) is certified by the Texas Commission on Law
43	43	Enforcement;
44	44	(8) a juvenile correctional employee of the Texas
45	45	Juvenile Justice Department;
46	46	(9) an employee of the Department of Aging and
47	47	Disability Services or Department of State Health Services who:
48	48	(A) works at the department's maximum security
49	49	unit; or
50	50	(B) performs on-site services for the Texas
51	51	Department of Criminal Justice;
52	52	(10) an individual who is employed by the state or a
53	53	political or legal subdivision and is subject to certification by
54	54	the Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
55	55	(11) an individual employed by the state or a
56	56	political or legal subdivision whose principal duties are aircraft
57	57	crash and rescue fire fighting;
58	58	(12) a member of an organized volunteer fire-fighting
59	59	unit that:
60	60	(A) renders fire-fighting services without
61	61	remuneration; and
62	62	(B) conducts a minimum of two drills each month,
63	63	each two hours long;
64	64	(13) an individual who:
65	65	(A) performs emergency medical services or
66	66	operates an ambulance;
67	67	(B) is employed by a political subdivision of the
68	68	state or is an emergency medical services volunteer as defined by
69	69	Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code; and
70	70	(C) is qualified as an emergency care attendant
71	71	or at a higher level of training under Section 773.046, 773.047,
72	72	773.048, 773.049, or 773.0495, Health and Safety Code;
73	73	(14) an individual who is employed or formally
74	74	designated as a chaplain for:
75	75	(A) an organized volunteer fire-fighting unit or
76	76	other fire department of this state or of a political subdivision of
77	77	this state;
78	78	(B) a law enforcement agency of this state or of a
79	79	political subdivision of this state; or
80	80	(C) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
81	81	(15) an individual who is employed by the state or a
82	82	political subdivision of the state and who is considered by the
83	83	governmental employer to be a trainee for a position otherwise
84	84	described by this section;
85	85	(16) an individual who is employed by the Department
86	86	of Public Safety and, as certified by the director, is:
87	87	(A) deployed into the field in direct support of
88	88	a law enforcement operation, including patrol, investigative,
89	89	search and rescue, crime scene, on-site communications, or special
90	90	operations; and
91	91	(B) given a special assignment in direct support
92	92	of operations relating to organized crime, criminal interdiction,
93	93	border security, counterterrorism, intelligence, traffic
94	94	enforcement, emergency management, regulatory services, or special
95	95	investigations; or
96	96	(17) an individual who is employed by the Parks and
97	97	Wildlife Department and, as certified by the executive director of
98	98	the Parks and Wildlife Department, is:
99	99	(A) deployed into the field in direct support of
100	100	a law enforcement operation, including patrol, investigative,
101	101	search and rescue, crime scene, on-site communications, or special
102	102	operations; and
103	103	(B) given a special assignment in direct support
104	104	of operations relating to organized crime, criminal interdiction,
105	105	border security, counterterrorism, intelligence, traffic
106	106	enforcement, emergency management, regulatory services, or special
107	107	investigations.
108	108	(18) a member of the Texas Military Forces who is
109	109	deployed on state active duty.
110	110	SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.