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79R1601 DLF-D

By:  Flynn                                                        H.B. No. 829



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to benefits from the Employees Retirement System of Texas 
for law enforcement officers commissioned by the attorney general.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 811.001(9), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
		(9)  "Law enforcement officer" means a member of the 
retirement system who:
			(A)  has been commissioned as a law enforcement 
officer by the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic 
Beverage Commission, the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, the 
attorney general, or the Parks and Wildlife Department; and
			(B)  [who] is recognized as a commissioned law 
enforcement officer by the Commission on Law Enforcement Officer 
Standards and Education.
	SECTION 2.  Section 814.104(b), Government Code, is amended 
to read as follows:
	 (b)  A member who is at least 55 years old and who has at 
least 10 years of service credit as a commissioned peace officer 
engaged in criminal law enforcement activities of the Department of 
Public Safety, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the Texas
State Board of Pharmacy, the attorney general, or the Parks and 
Wildlife Department, or as a custodial officer, is eligible to 
retire and receive a service retirement annuity.
	SECTION 3.  Section 815.505, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 815.505.  CERTIFICATION OF NAMES OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AND 
CUSTODIAL OFFICERS.  Not later than the 12th day of the month 
following the month in which a person begins or ceases employment as 
a law enforcement officer or custodial officer, the Public Safety 
Commission, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the Parks and 
Wildlife Commission, the Texas State Board of Pharmacy, the Board 
of Pardons and Paroles, the attorney general, or the Texas Board of 
Criminal Justice, as applicable, shall certify to the retirement 
system, in the manner prescribed by the system, the name of the 
employee and such other information as the system determines is 
necessary for the crediting of service and financing of benefits 
under this subtitle.
	SECTION 4.  Before October 1, 2005, the attorney general 
shall certify to the Employees Retirement System of Texas, in the 
manner prescribed by the system:
		(1)  the name of each person employed by the attorney 
general on September 1, 2005, as a law enforcement officer as 
defined by Section 811.001, Government Code, as amended by this 
Act; and
		(2)  any other information the system determines is 
necessary for the crediting of service and financing of benefits 
for law enforcement officers employed by the attorney general under 
Subtitle B, Title 8, Government Code.
	SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.