Texas 2021 - 87th Regular

Texas House Bill HB2946 Compare Versions

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1	1	87R1612 SGM-F
2	2	By: Cyrier H.B. No. 2946
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5	5	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
6	6	AN ACT
7	7	relating to the provision of financial assistance to survivors of
8	8	certain members of the Texas military forces.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Section 615.003, Government Code, is amended to
11	11	read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 615.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
13	13	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 Health and Human Services
47	47	Commission [Department of Aging and Disability Services or
48	48	Department of State Health Services] who:
49	49	(A) works at the commission's [department's]
50	50	maximum security unit; or
51	51	(B) performs on-site services for the Texas
52	52	Department of Criminal Justice;
53	53	(10) an individual who is employed by the state or a
54	54	political or legal subdivision and is subject to certification by
55	55	the Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
56	56	(11) an individual employed by the state or a
57	57	political or legal subdivision whose principal duties are aircraft
58	58	crash and rescue fire fighting;
59	59	(12) a member of an organized volunteer fire-fighting
60	60	unit that:
61	61	(A) renders fire-fighting services without
62	62	remuneration; and
63	63	(B) conducts a minimum of two drills each month,
64	64	each two hours long;
65	65	(13) an individual who:
66	66	(A) performs emergency medical services or
67	67	operates an ambulance;
68	68	(B) is employed by a political subdivision of the
69	69	state or is an emergency medical services volunteer as defined by
70	70	Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code; and
71	71	(C) is qualified as an emergency care attendant
72	72	or at a higher level of training under Section 773.046, 773.047,
73	73	773.048, 773.049, or 773.0495, Health and Safety Code;
74	74	(14) an individual who is employed or formally
75	75	designated as a chaplain for:
76	76	(A) an organized volunteer fire-fighting unit or
77	77	other fire department of this state or of a political subdivision of
78	78	this state;
79	79	(B) a law enforcement agency of this state or of a
80	80	political subdivision of this state; or
81	81	(C) the Texas Department of Criminal Justice;
82	82	(15) an individual who is employed by the state or a
83	83	political subdivision of the state and who is considered by the
84	84	governmental employer to be a trainee for a position otherwise
85	85	described by this section;
86	86	(16) an individual who is employed by the Department
87	87	of Public Safety and, as certified by the director, is:
88	88	(A) deployed into the field in direct support of
89	89	a law enforcement operation, including patrol, investigative,
90	90	search and rescue, crime scene, on-site communications, or special
91	91	operations; and
92	92	(B) given a special assignment in direct support
93	93	of operations relating to organized crime, criminal interdiction,
94	94	border security, counterterrorism, intelligence, traffic
95	95	enforcement, emergency management, regulatory services, or special
96	96	investigations; [or]
97	97	(17) an individual who is employed by the Parks and
98	98	Wildlife Department and, as certified by the executive director of
99	99	the Parks and Wildlife Department, is:
100	100	(A) deployed into the field in direct support of
101	101	a law enforcement operation, including patrol, investigative,
102	102	search and rescue, crime scene, on-site communications, or special
103	103	operations; and
104	104	(B) given a special assignment in direct support
105	105	of operations relating to organized crime, criminal interdiction,
106	106	border security, counterterrorism, intelligence, traffic
107	107	enforcement, emergency management, regulatory services, or special
108	108	investigations; or
109	109	(18) a member of the Texas military forces who is on
110	110	state active duty, as those terms are defined by Section 437.001.
111	111	SECTION 2. The change in law made by this Act relating to
112	112	the death of a member of the Texas military forces applies only in
113	113	relation to a death that occurs on or after the effective date of
114	114	this Act. Matters regarding eligibility, payment, and benefits
115	115	under Chapter 615, Government Code, in relation to a death that
116	116	occurs before the effective date of this Act are governed by the law
117	117	in effect on the date the death occurs, and the former law is
118	118	continued in effect for that purpose.
119	119	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021.