2023S0213-1 02/24/23
By: Flores S.B. No. 1237
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensation and leave for certain security officers or
investigators commissioned as peace officers by the comptroller.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 403.0306 to read as follows:
Sec. 403.0306. COMMISSIONED PEACE OFFICERS. The
comptroller shall ensure that a security officer or investigator
commissioned as a peace officer by the comptroller is compensated
according to Schedule C of the position classification salary
schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 2. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) This section applies to a peace officer under Article
2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is commissioned as a law
enforcement officer or agent, including a ranger, by:
(1) the Public Safety Commission and the director of
the Department of Public Safety;
(2) the Parks and Wildlife Commission;
(3) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission;
(4) the attorney general; [or]
(5) the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department
of Insurance; or
(6) the comptroller.
SECTION 3. (a) The classification officer in the office of
the state auditor shall classify the position of security officer
or investigator commissioned as a peace officer by the comptroller
as a Schedule C position under the Texas Position Classification
Plan.
(b) The change made by the classification officer as
required by this section applies beginning with the state fiscal
biennium beginning September 1, 2023.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2025.
SECTION 4. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, as amended
by this Act, applies only to an injury that occurs on or after the
effective date of this Act.
SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.