83R8264 MCK-D
 
  By: N. Gonzalez of El Paso H.B. No. 1828
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to hazardous duty pay for certain employees working at
  state supported living centers and state hospitals.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 659.301(5), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
               (5)  "State employee" means an individual who:
                     (A)  is a commissioned law enforcement officer of
  the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Facilities Commission,
  the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, or the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice;
                     (B)  is a commissioned security officer of the
  comptroller;
                     (C)  is a law enforcement officer commissioned by
  the Parks and Wildlife Commission;
                     (D)  is a commissioned peace officer of an
  institution of higher education;
                     (E)  is an employee or official of the Board of
  Pardons and Paroles or the parole division of the Texas Department
  of Criminal Justice if the employee or official has routine direct
  contact with inmates of any penal or correctional institution or
  with administratively released prisoners subject to the board's
  jurisdiction;
                     (F)  has been certified to the Employees
  Retirement System of Texas under Section 815.505 as having begun
  employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial officer,
  unless the individual has been certified to the system as having
  ceased employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial
  officer; [or]
                     (G)  before May 29, 1987, received hazardous duty
  pay based on the terms of any state law if the individual holds a
  position designated under that law as eligible for the pay; or
                     (H)  is an employee of a state supported living
  center as defined by Section 531.002, Health and Safety Code, or a
  state hospital if the employee is in direct contact with patients
  more than 50 percent of the employee's time working in the facility.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2013.