| 1 | 1 | | 88R6187 LRM-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Holland H.B. No. 2297 |
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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 compensation and leave for certain peace officers. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Section 659.301(5), Government Code, is amended |
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| 10 | 10 | | to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | (5) "State employee" means an individual who: |
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| 12 | 12 | | (A) is a commissioned law enforcement officer of |
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| 13 | 13 | | the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Facilities Commission, |
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| 14 | 14 | | the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the Texas Department of |
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| 15 | 15 | | Criminal Justice, the attorney general, the Texas Commission on Law |
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| 16 | 16 | | Enforcement, or the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department of |
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| 17 | 17 | | Insurance; |
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| 18 | 18 | | (B) is a commissioned security officer of the |
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| 19 | 19 | | comptroller; |
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| 20 | 20 | | (C) is a law enforcement officer commissioned by |
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| 21 | 21 | | the Parks and Wildlife Commission; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (D) is a commissioned peace officer of an |
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| 23 | 23 | | institution of higher education; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (E) is an employee or official of the Board of |
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| 25 | 25 | | Pardons and Paroles or the parole division of the Texas Department |
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| 26 | 26 | | of Criminal Justice if the employee or official has routine direct |
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| 27 | 27 | | contact with inmates of any penal or correctional institution or |
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| 28 | 28 | | with administratively released prisoners subject to the board's |
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| 29 | 29 | | jurisdiction; |
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| 30 | 30 | | (F) has been certified to the Employees |
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| 31 | 31 | | Retirement System of Texas under Section 815.505 as having begun |
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| 32 | 32 | | employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial officer, |
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| 33 | 33 | | unless the individual has been certified to the system as having |
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| 34 | 34 | | ceased employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial |
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| 35 | 35 | | officer; |
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| 36 | 36 | | (G) before May 29, 1987, received hazardous duty |
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| 37 | 37 | | pay based on the terms of any state law if the individual holds a |
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| 38 | 38 | | position designated under that law as eligible for the pay; or |
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| 39 | 39 | | (H) is a security officer employed by the Texas |
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| 40 | 40 | | Military Department. |
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| 41 | 41 | | SECTION 2. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 42 | 42 | | to read as follows: |
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| 43 | 43 | | (a) This section applies to a peace officer under Article |
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| 44 | 44 | | 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is commissioned as a law |
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| 45 | 45 | | enforcement officer or agent, including a ranger, by: |
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| 46 | 46 | | (1) the Public Safety Commission and the director of |
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| 47 | 47 | | the Department of Public Safety; |
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| 48 | 48 | | (2) the Parks and Wildlife Commission; |
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| 49 | 49 | | (3) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; |
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| 50 | 50 | | (4) the attorney general; [or] |
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| 51 | 51 | | (5) the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department |
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| 52 | 52 | | of Insurance; or |
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| 53 | 53 | | (6) the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement. |
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| 54 | 54 | | SECTION 3. Section 1701.160, Occupations Code, is amended |
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| 55 | 55 | | to read as follows: |
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| 56 | 56 | | Sec. 1701.160. AUTHORITY TO COMMISSION INVESTIGATORS AS |
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| 57 | 57 | | PEACE OFFICERS. (a) The commission may commission certified peace |
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| 58 | 58 | | officers as investigators employed by the commission for the |
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| 59 | 59 | | limited purpose of assisting the commission in administering this |
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| 60 | 60 | | chapter. |
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| 61 | 61 | | (b) The commission shall ensure that a peace officer |
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| 62 | 62 | | commissioned under Subsection (a) is compensated according to |
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| 63 | 63 | | Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule |
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| 64 | 64 | | prescribed by the General Appropriations Act. |
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| 65 | 65 | | SECTION 4. (a) The classification officer in the office of |
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| 66 | 66 | | the state auditor shall classify the position of commissioned peace |
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| 67 | 67 | | officer employed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement as a |
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| 68 | 68 | | Schedule C position under the position classification plan |
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| 69 | 69 | | maintained under Chapter 654, Government Code. |
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| 70 | 70 | | (b) The change made by the classification officer as |
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| 71 | 71 | | required by this section applies beginning with the state fiscal |
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| 72 | 72 | | biennium beginning September 1, 2023. |
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| 73 | 73 | | (c) This section expires September 1, 2025. |
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| 74 | 74 | | SECTION 5. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, as amended |
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| 75 | 75 | | by this Act, applies only to an injury that occurs on or after the |
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| 76 | 76 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 77 | 77 | | SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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