Amend CSHB 2730 (Senate committee printing) by amending 
SECTIONS 5.09 and 5.10 as follows:
	SECTION 5.09.  The heading to Section 411.244, Government 
Code, is amended to read as follows:
	Sec. 411.244.  OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL [INTERNAL 
AFFAIRS].
	SECTION 5.10.  Section 411.244, Government Code is amended 
by amending Subsections (a), (b), (d), (e), and (f), and by adding 
Subsection (g) to read as follows:
	(a)  The commission [director] shall establish the office of 
inspector general, which is responsible for:
		(1)  acting to prevent and detect serious breaches of 
departmental policy, fraud, and abuse of office, including any acts 
of criminal conduct within the department; and

		(2)  independently and objectively reviewing, 
investigating, delegating an investigation, and overseeing the 
investigation of administrative and all other allegations of 
conduct referred to in (a)(1) above and the following:
			(A)  criminal activity occurring in all divisions 
of the department;
			(B)  allegations of wrongdoing by department 
employees;             
			(C)  crimes committed on department property; and                     
			(D)  serious breaches of department policy
[internal affairs].
	(b)  The office of inspector general [internal affairs] has 
[original] departmental jurisdiction for oversight and 
coordination over all investigations occurring on department 
property or involving department employees.  The office shall 
coordinate and provide oversight, but need not conduct, all 
investigations under this section. The inspector general shall 
delegate criminal allegations arising under this section to the 
Texas Ranger division or the Criminal Law Enforcement division of 
the department for investigation or referral back to the inspector 
general for further action. However the inspector general shall 
continually monitor referred matters and report to the commission 
along with any other division investigating a matter on its status 
while pending.
	(d)  The commission has direct oversight over the office of 
inspector general, including decisions regarding budget and 
staffing.  The commission [director] shall appoint the inspector 
general [head of the office of internal affairs].  The inspector 
general [head of the office of internal affairs] serves until 
removed by the commission [director].  The commission shall 
establish policies to ensure that the commission continues to 
oversee the office of inspector general as required by this 
subsection and to ensure that the office of inspector general 
retains and exercises its original jurisdiction under Subsection 
(b).
	(e)  The inspector general [head of the office of internal 
affairs] shall report directly to the commission [director] 
regarding performance of and activities related to investigations, 
report to the director for administrative purposes, and provide the 
director with information regarding investigations as appropriate.
	(f)  The inspector general [head of the office of internal 
affairs] shall present at each regularly scheduled commission 
meeting and at other appropriate times:
		(1)  reports of investigations; and                                    
		(2)  a summary of information relating to 
investigations conducted under this section that includes analysis 
of the number, type, and outcome of investigations, trends in the 
investigations, and recommendations to avoid future complaints.
	(g)  This chapter or other law related to the operation of 
the department's office of inspector general does not preempt the 
authority of the state auditor to conduct an audit or investigation 
under Chapter 321 or other law.