By Dukes                                              H.B. No. 1084
         76R4933 KLA-D                           
                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the classification of certain Department of Public
 1-3     Safety officers.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1.  Section 411.007, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     adding Subsection (g) to read as follows:
 1-7           (g)  A grade and position established by the commission under
 1-8     Subsection (f) for Texas Highway Patrol officers  shall also be
 1-9     established with  equal salary and status for members of the
1-10     capitol police district.
1-11           SECTION 2.  (a)  Not later than January 1, 2000, the Public
1-12     Safety Commission shall adopt rules implementing Section
1-13     411.007(g), Government Code, as added by this Act, designating the
1-14     grades and positions of officers who are members of the capitol
1-15     police district to include the grades of Capitol Police Officer III
1-16     and Capitol Police Officer IV.  The salaries and grades of Capitol
1-17     Police Officer III and Capitol Police Officer IV shall be equal to
1-18     the salaries and grades of Department of Public Safety Trooper III
1-19     and Department of Public Safety Trooper IV, respectively.
1-20           (b)  Not later than January 1, 2000, the Public Safety
1-21     Commission shall adopt rules implementing Section 411.007(g),
1-22     Government Code, as added by this Act, to reclassify the position
1-23     of Capitol Police Corporal as Capitol Police Sergeant, the salary
1-24     and grade of which shall be equal to the salary and grade of
 2-1     Department of Public Safety Sergeant.  The position of Capitol
 2-2     Police Sergeant shall constitute the first-line supervisory
 2-3     position in the capitol police district.
 2-4           SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 1999.
 2-5           SECTION 4.  The importance of this legislation and the
 2-6     crowded condition of the calendars in both houses create an
 2-7     emergency and an imperative public necessity that the
 2-8     constitutional rule requiring bills to be read on three several
 2-9     days in each house be suspended, and this rule is hereby suspended.