By Stiles H.B. No. 2522 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED 1-1 AN ACT 1-2 relating to participation in benefits from the Employees Retirement 1-3 System of Texas for certain law enforcement officers. 1-4 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: 1-5 SECTION 1. Subdivision (9), Section 811.001, Government 1-6 Code, is amended to read as follows: 1-7 (9) "Law enforcement officer" means a member of the 1-8 retirement system who has been commissioned as a law enforcement 1-9 officer by the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic 1-10 Beverage Commission, the State Purchasing and General Services 1-11 Commission, Capitol Area Security Force, the State Board of 1-12 Pharmacy, or the Parks and Wildlife Department and who is 1-13 recognized as a commissioned law enforcement officer by the 1-14 Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education. 1-15 SECTION 2. Subsection (b), Section 814.104, Government Code, 1-16 is amended to read as follows: 1-17 (b) A member who is at least 55 years old and who has at 1-18 least 10 years of service credit as a commissioned peace officer 1-19 engaged in criminal law enforcement activities of the Department of 1-20 Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the State 1-21 Purchasing and General Services Commission, Capitol Area Security 1-22 Force, the State Board of Pharmacy, or the Parks and Wildlife 1-23 Department, or as a custodial officer, is eligible to retire and 2-1 receive a service retirement annuity. 2-2 SECTION 3. Section 815.505, Government Code, is amended to 2-3 read as follows: 2-4 Sec. 815.505. Certification of Names of Law Enforcement and 2-5 Custodial Officers. As of the last day of each fiscal year, the 2-6 Department of Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage 2-7 Commission, the Parks and Wildlife Department, the State Board of 2-8 Pharmacy, and the Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall 2-9 certify to the retirement system the names of employees and the 2-10 amount of service each employee performed as a law enforcement 2-11 officer or custodial officer during that fiscal year. 2-12 SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995. 2-13 SECTION 5. The importance of this legislation and the 2-14 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an 2-15 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the 2-16 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several 2-17 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.