By Dukes H.C.R. No. 183 Line and page numbers may not match official copy. Bill not drafted by TLC or Senate E&E. CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, During the First Call of the 72nd Legislative 1-2 Session, (July 15, 1991-August 13, 1991 the Legislature adopted 1-3 House Bill (HB) 39 commonly known as the State Purchasing and 1-4 General Services Commission (GSC) Sunset Act; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Provisions of the adopted act called for the 1-6 transfer of the Capitol Police Workforce from (GSC) to the Texas 1-7 Department of Public Safety (TDPS); and 1-8 WHEREAS, It was the intent of the legislature that the 1-9 Capitol Police Workforce be grandfathered into the operational job 1-10 classifications at the (TDPS) and that these employees have all of 1-11 the same rights and privileges as any other employee of the (TDPS) 1-12 in compensation, in classification, in promotional opportunities, 1-13 in fringe benefits, and in any other rights or privileges 1-14 promulgated by the State of Texas or the (TDPS); and 1-15 WHEREAS, The operational and functional responsibilities of a 1-16 Capitol Police Officer are just as hazardous as a (TDPS) Trooper in 1-17 light of the numerous physical bombings and bomb threats of public 1-18 buildings around the country, and the number of people that these 1-19 officers come in contact with on a daily basis, there exist the 1-20 same level of responsibility, dedication to duty for protection of 1-21 the public, and concern of the added variables of unknown elements 2-1 in our society that have randomly targeted the destruction of 2-2 public facilities and innocent victims as a method of getting their 2-3 twisted messages across; now, therefore, be it 2-4 RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas 2-5 hereby emphatically implores the (TDPS) to fully integrate the 2-6 Grandfathered Capitol Police into the (TDPS) Classification and 2-7 Compensation system by expanding the Position(s) of Capitol Police 2-8 Officer to include the grade classifications of Capitol Police 2-9 Officer III and IV; and that these four tier first line 2-10 Commissioned Capitol Police Officer ranks be afforded equal pay and 2-11 status to that of current first line (TDPS) Trooper ranks, in order 2-12 that a Capitol Police officer is similarly situated and paid 2-13 commensurate with a "Trooper I-IV" position(s); and, be it 2-14 RESOLVED, That the first-line Capitol police supervisor 2-15 position be reclassified from that of the current "Capitol Police 2-16 Corporal" position, which shall be abolished, to that of "Capitol 2-17 Police Sergeant" which is the first line supervisor position in the 2-18 current (TDPS) Trooper rank structure, and that the first-line 2-19 Commissioned Capitol Police Sergeant be afforded equal pay and 2-20 status to that of the current first line-line Commissioned Sergeant 2-21 in the (TDPS) Trooper rank structure; and, be it further 2-22 RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State forward an official 2-23 copy of this resolution to the (TDPS) Commission and Director.