By Goolsby H.B. No. 2468
75R8796 GCH-F
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
1-1 AN ACT
1-2 relating to benefits from the Employees Retirement System of Texas
1-3 for law enforcement officers commissioned by the Texas Lottery
1-4 Commission.
1-5 BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
1-6 SECTION 1. Section 811.001(9), Government Code, is amended
1-7 to read as follows:
1-8 (9) "Law enforcement officer" means a member of the
1-9 retirement system who has been commissioned as a law enforcement
1-10 officer by the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic
1-11 Beverage Commission, the Texas Lottery Commission [the State
1-12 Purchasing and General Services Commission, Capitol Area Security
1-13 Force], the State Board of Pharmacy, or the Parks and Wildlife
1-14 Department and who is recognized as a commissioned law enforcement
1-15 officer by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and
1-16 Education.
1-17 SECTION 2. Section 814.104(b), Government Code, is amended
1-18 to read as follows:
1-19 (b) A member who is at least 55 years old and who has at
1-20 least 10 years of service credit as a commissioned peace officer
1-21 engaged in criminal law enforcement activities of the Department of
1-22 Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the Texas
1-23 Lottery Commission [the State Purchasing and General Services
1-24 Commission Capitol Area Security Force], the State Board of
2-1 Pharmacy, or the Parks and Wildlife Department, as an employee of
2-2 the Railroad Commission of Texas who is licensed by the Commission
2-3 on Law Enforcement Officer Standards and Education and has served
2-4 at least five years as an investigator for the oil field theft
2-5 detection division, or as a custodial officer, is eligible to
2-6 retire and receive a service retirement annuity.
2-7 SECTION 3. Section 815.505, Government Code, is amended to
2-8 read as follows:
2-9 Sec. 815.505. CERTIFICATION OF NAMES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND
2-10 CUSTODIAL OFFICERS. Not later than the 12th day of the month
2-11 following the month in which a person begins or ceases employment
2-12 as a law enforcement officer or custodial officer, the Public
2-13 Safety Commission, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the
2-14 Parks and Wildlife Commission, the State Board of Pharmacy, the
2-15 Texas Lottery Commission, or the Texas Board of Criminal Justice,
2-16 as applicable, shall certify to the retirement system, in the
2-17 manner prescribed by the system, the name of the employee and such
2-18 other information as the system determines is necessary for the
2-19 crediting of service and financing of benefits under this subtitle.
2-20 SECTION 4. (a) Before October 1, 1997, the Texas Lottery
2-21 Commission shall certify to the Employees Retirement System of
2-22 Texas, in the manner prescribed by the retirement system, the name
2-23 of each person employed by the commission on September 1, 1997, as
2-24 a law enforcement officer as defined by Section 811.001, Government
2-25 Code, as amended by this Act, and such other information as the
2-26 system determines is necessary for the crediting of service and
2-27 financing of benefits under Subtitle B, Title 8, Government Code.
3-1 (b) The deletion made by this Act of references to the State
3-2 Purchasing and General Services Commission Capitol Area Security
3-3 Force is intended to reflect the current law under which that unit
3-4 is commissioned and supervised by the Department of Public Safety.
3-5 Service credit established by a member of the Capitol Area Security
3-6 Force during its commissioning and supervision by the State
3-7 Purchasing and General Services Commission or a predecessor or
3-8 successor agency remains credited unless canceled as provided by
3-9 Subtitle B, Title 8, Government Code.
3-10 SECTION 5. This Act takes effect September 1, 1997.
3-11 SECTION 6. The importance of this legislation and the
3-12 crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
3-13 emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
3-14 constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
3-15 days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.