By Dutton                                             H.B. No. 3181

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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

 1-1                                   AN ACT

 1-2     relating to the classifications of police officers within the

 1-3     Department of Public Safety.

 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

 1-5           SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 411, Government Code, is

 1-6     amended by adding Section 411.007(g) to read as follows:

 1-7           Section 411.007(g)  The commission shall adopt rules

 1-8     designating the position of Capitol Police Officer to include the

 1-9     grades of Capitol Police Officer III and Capitol Police Officer IV.

1-10     The salary and status of Capitol Police Officer III shall be equal

1-11     to that of DPS Trooper III and the salary and status of Capitol

1-12     Police Officer IV shall be equal to that of DPS Trooper IV.  The

1-13     position of Capitol Police Corporal shall be re-classified as

1-14     Capitol Police Sergeant.  The position of Capitol Police Corporal

1-15     shall be abolished and the position of Capitol Police Sergeant

1-16     shall constitute the position of a first-line supervisor.  The

1-17     salary and status of a Capitol Police Sergeant shall be equal to

1-18     that of a DPS Sergeant.

1-19           SECTION 2.  This act takes effect September 1, 1997.

1-20           SECTION 3.  The importance of this legislation and the

1-21     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an

1-22     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the

 2-1     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several

 2-2     days in each house be suspended, and this rules is hereby

 2-3     suspended.