By: Guillen H.B. No. 3609
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the salary reclassification of certain positions with
the Parks and Wildlife Department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. (a) The classification officer in the office of
the state auditor shall reclassify the following positions with the
Parks and Wildlife Department under the Texas Position
Classification Plan, 1961:
(1) the position of State Park Police Officer Trainee
(Cadet) shall be classified as a salary group C1 position;
(2) the position of Probationary State Park Police
Officer shall be classified as a salary group C2 position;
(3) the positions of State Park Police Officer I, II,
III, IV, V, and VI shall be classified as salary group C3 positions;
(4) the position of Sergeant shall be classified as a
salary group C4 position;
(5) the position of Lieutenant shall be classified as
a salary group C5 position;
(6) the position of Captain shall be classified as a
salary group C6 position;
(7) the position of Assistant Commander shall be
classified as a salary group C7 position; and
(8) the position of Major State Park Police Officer
shall be classified as a salary group C8 position.
(b) The classification officer in the office of the state
auditor shall change the occupational category of all class title
state park police officers to law enforcement.
SECTION 2. The changes made by the classification officer
as required by Section 1 of this Act apply beginning in the state
fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2021.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2021.