| 1 | 1 | | S.B. No. 1237 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to compensation and leave for certain security officers or |
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| 6 | 6 | | investigators commissioned as peace officers by the comptroller. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by adding Section 403.03059 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 403.03059. COMPENSATION FOR COMMISSIONED PEACE |
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| 11 | 11 | | OFFICERS. The comptroller shall ensure that a security officer or |
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| 12 | 12 | | investigator commissioned as a peace officer by the comptroller is |
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| 13 | 13 | | compensated according to Schedule C of the position classification |
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| 14 | 14 | | salary schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, is amended |
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| 16 | 16 | | to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | (a) This section applies to a peace officer under Article |
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| 18 | 18 | | 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is commissioned as a law |
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| 19 | 19 | | enforcement officer or agent, including a ranger, by: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (1) the Public Safety Commission and the director of |
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| 21 | 21 | | the Department of Public Safety; |
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| 22 | 22 | | (2) the Parks and Wildlife Commission; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (3) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; |
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| 24 | 24 | | (4) the attorney general; [or] |
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| 25 | 25 | | (5) the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department |
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| 26 | 26 | | of Insurance; or |
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| 27 | 27 | | (6) the comptroller. |
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| 28 | 28 | | SECTION 3. (a) The classification officer in the office of |
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| 29 | 29 | | the state auditor shall classify the position of commissioned peace |
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| 30 | 30 | | officer employed by the comptroller of public accounts of the State |
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| 31 | 31 | | of Texas as a Schedule C position under the position classification |
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| 32 | 32 | | plan maintained under Chapter 654, Government Code. |
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| 33 | 33 | | (b) The change made by the classification officer as |
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| 34 | 34 | | required by this section applies beginning with the state fiscal |
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| 35 | 35 | | biennium beginning September 1, 2023. |
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| 36 | 36 | | (c) This section expires September 1, 2025. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 4. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, as amended |
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| 38 | 38 | | by this Act, applies only to an injury that occurs on or after the |
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| 39 | 39 | | effective date of this Act. |
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| 40 | 40 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 43 | 43 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1237 passed the Senate on |
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| 44 | 44 | | April 6, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 47 | 47 | | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1237 passed the House on |
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| 48 | 48 | | May 16, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 135, Nays 4, |
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| 49 | 49 | | one present not voting. |
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| 50 | 50 | | ______________________________ |
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| 51 | 51 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 52 | 52 | | Approved: |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Date |
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| 55 | 55 | | ______________________________ |
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| 56 | 56 | | Governor |
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