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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to compensation for commissioned peace officers employed |
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by the attorney general. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 402.009, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 402.009. AUTHORITY TO EMPLOY AND COMMISSION PEACE |
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OFFICERS. (a) The attorney general may employ and commission peace |
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officers as investigators for the limited purpose of assisting the |
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attorney general in carrying out the duties of that office relating |
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to prosecution assistance and crime prevention. |
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(b) The attorney general shall ensure that an investigator |
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employed as authorized under Subsection (a) is compensated |
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according to Schedule C of the position classification salary |
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schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act. |
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SECTION 2. Section 659.301(5), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(5) "State employee" means an individual who: |
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(A) is a commissioned law enforcement officer of |
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the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Facilities Commission, |
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the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, [or] the Texas Department |
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of Criminal Justice, or the attorney general; |
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(B) is a commissioned security officer of the |
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comptroller; |
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(C) is a law enforcement officer commissioned by |
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the Parks and Wildlife Commission; |
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(D) is a commissioned peace officer of an |
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institution of higher education; |
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(E) is an employee or official of the Board of |
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Pardons and Paroles or the parole division of the Texas Department |
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of Criminal Justice if the employee or official has routine direct |
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contact with inmates of any penal or correctional institution or |
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with administratively released prisoners subject to the board's |
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jurisdiction; |
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(F) has been certified to the Employees |
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Retirement System of Texas under Section 815.505 as having begun |
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employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial officer, |
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unless the individual has been certified to the system as having |
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ceased employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial |
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officer; or |
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(G) before May 29, 1987, received hazardous duty |
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pay based on the terms of any state law if the individual holds a |
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position designated under that law as eligible for the pay. |
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SECTION 3. (a) The classification officer in the office of |
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the state auditor shall classify the position of commissioned peace |
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officer employed as an investigator by the Office of the Attorney |
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General as a Schedule C position under the Texas Position |
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Classification Plan, 1961. |
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(b) The change made by the classification officer as |
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required by this section applies beginning in the state fiscal |
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biennium beginning September 1, 2013. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 4. This Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |