By: Flores S.B. No. 1237
(In the Senate - Filed February 27, 2023; March 9, 2023,
read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
April 3, 2023, reported adversely, with favorable Committee
Substitute by the following vote: Yeas 17, Nays 0; April 3, 2023,
sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR S.B. No. 1237 By: Flores
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 403.03059 to read as follows:
Sec. 403.03059. COMPENSATION FOR 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 commissioned peace
officer employed by the comptroller of public accounts of the State
of Texas as a Schedule C position under the position classification
plan maintained under Chapter 654, Government Code.
(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.
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