1-1 By: Stiles (Senate Sponsor - Madla) H.B. No. 2522
1-2 (In the Senate - Received from the House May 12, 1995;
1-3 May 16, 1995, read first time and referred to Committee on Finance;
1-4 May 23, 1995, reported favorably by the following vote: Yeas 11,
1-5 Nays 0; May 23, 1995, sent to printer.)
1-6 A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-7 AN ACT
1-8 relating to participation in benefits from the Employees Retirement
1-9 System of Texas for certain law enforcement and custodial officers.
1-10 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-11 SECTION 1. Section 811.001(9), Government Code, is amended
1-12 to read as follows:
1-13 (9) "Law enforcement officer" means a member of the
1-14 retirement system who has been commissioned as a law enforcement
1-15 officer by the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic
1-16 Beverage Commission, the State Purchasing and General Services
1-17 Commission, Capitol Area Security Force, the State Board of
1-18 Pharmacy, or the Parks and Wildlife Department and who is
1-19 recognized as a commissioned law enforcement officer by the
1-20 Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education.
1-21 SECTION 2. Section 814.104(b), Government Code, is amended
1-22 to read as follows:
1-23 (b) A member who is at least 55 years old and who has at
1-24 least 10 years of service credit as a commissioned peace officer
1-25 engaged in criminal law enforcement activities of the Department of
1-26 Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the State
1-27 Purchasing and General Services Commission Capitol Area Security
1-28 Force, the State Board of Pharmacy, or the Parks and Wildlife
1-29 Department, or as a custodial officer, is eligible to retire and
1-30 receive a service retirement annuity.
1-31 SECTION 3. Section 815.505, Government Code, is amended to
1-32 read as follows:
1-33 Sec. 815.505. Certification of Names of Law Enforcement and
1-34 Custodial Officers. Not later than the 12th day of the month
1-35 following the month in which a person begins or ceases employment
1-36 as a law enforcement officer or custodial officer, the Public
1-37 Safety Commission, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the
1-38 Parks and Wildlife Commission, the State Board of Pharmacy, or the
1-39 Texas Board of Criminal Justice, as applicable, shall certify to
1-40 the retirement system, in the manner prescribed by the system, the
1-41 name of the employee and such other information as the system
1-42 determines is necessary for the crediting of service and financing
1-43 of benefits under this subtitle.
1-44 SECTION 4. Section 27, Chapter 791, Acts of the 73rd
1-45 Legislature, 1993, is amended to read as follows:
1-46 Sec. 27. Before October 1, 1995, the Public Safety
1-47 Commission, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the Parks and
1-48 Wildlife Commission, the State Board of Pharmacy, and the Texas
1-49 Board of Criminal Justice shall certify to the Employees Retirement
1-50 System of Texas, in the manner prescribed by the retirement system,
1-51 the name of each person employed on September 1, 1995, by the
1-52 particular agency as a law enforcement officer, as defined by
1-53 Section 811.001, Government Code, or a custodial officer, as
1-54 defined by that section, and such other information as the system
1-55 determines is necessary for the crediting of service and financing
1-56 of benefits under Subtitle B, Title 8, Government Code.
1-57 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1995.
1-58 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
1-59 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
1-60 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
1-61 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
1-62 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.
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