By: Perry S.B. No. 1171
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to compensation, leave, and physical fitness programs and
standards for certain employees of the office of inspector general
of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 614.171(1), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(1) "Law enforcement agency" means the Department of
Public Safety, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas
Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Juvenile Justice Department,
Parks and Wildlife Department, and [the] office of the attorney
general.
SECTION 2. Section 659.303, Government Code, is amended by
amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to
read as follows:
(a) The department may include hazardous duty pay in the
compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a
month if the individual[:
[(1)] has:
(1) [(A)] routine direct contact with youth:
(A) [(i)] placed in a residential facility of the
department; or
(B) [(ii)] released under the department's
supervision; and
(2) [(B)] completed at least 12 months of lifetime
service credit not later than the last day of the preceding month.
(a-1) The department shall include hazardous duty pay in the
compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a
month if the individual[; or
[(2)] is an investigator, inspector general, security
officer, or apprehension specialist employed by the office of [the]
inspector general of the department.
(d) Except for the inclusion of hazardous duty pay in the
compensation paid to an individual described by Subsection (a-1)
[(a)(2)], the department may not pay hazardous duty pay:
(1) from funds authorized for payment of an
across-the-board employee salary increase; or
(2) to an employee who works at the department's
central office.
SECTION 3. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, is amended
to read as follows:
(a) This section applies to a peace officer under Article
2A.001, 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;
(5) the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department
of Insurance; [or]
(6) the comptroller; or
(7) the office of inspector general of the Texas
Juvenile Justice Department.
SECTION 4. Section 242.102, Human Resources Code, is
amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:
(j) The department shall ensure that a peace officer
commissioned under Subsection (d) is compensated according to
Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule
prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.
SECTION 5. (a) The classification officer in the office of
the state auditor shall classify the position of commissioned peace
officer employed by the office of inspector general of the Texas
Juvenile Justice Department 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, 2025.
(c) This section expires September 1, 2027.
SECTION 6. 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 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.