BILL ANALYSIS |
C.S.H.B. 2253 |
By: Geren |
Appropriations |
Committee Report (Substituted) |
BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE
The attorney general's criminal investigation division currently employs many law enforcement officers whose duties consist of conducting criminal investigations, apprehending fugitives and Internet predators, and providing assistance to other law enforcement agencies. Interested parties assert that despite the importance of these duties, there are some inequities in the compensation of law enforcement officers who work for the attorney general and the compensation of officers who work for other state law enforcement agencies. C.S.H.B. 2253 seeks to address this issue by ensuring that law enforcement officers commissioned by the attorney general receive fair compensation.
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RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
It is the committee's opinion that this bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, department, agency, or institution.
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ANALYSIS
C.S.H.B. 2253 amends the Government Code to require the attorney general to ensure that a peace officer employed and commissioned by the attorney general as an investigator for the limited purpose of assisting the attorney general in carrying out the duties of that office relating to prosecution assistance and crime prevention is compensated according to Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act. The bill includes a commissioned law enforcement officer of the attorney general in the definition of "state employee" for purposes of statutory provisions relating to hazardous duty pay. The bill adds a temporary provision, set to expire September 1, 2015, to require the classification officer in the office of the state auditor to classify the position of a commissioned peace officer employed as an investigator by the attorney general as a Schedule C position under the Texas Position Classification Plan, 1961, applicable beginning in the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2013.
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EFFECTIVE DATE
September 1, 2013.
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COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL AND SUBSTITUTE
While C.S.H.B. 2253 may differ from the original in minor or nonsubstantive ways, the following comparison is organized and highlighted in a manner that indicates the substantial differences between the introduced and committee substitute versions of the bill.
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