By: Fletcher H.B. No. 3432

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the salary reclassification of certain positions with the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas and the Office of the Attorney General.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. (a) The classification officer in the office of the state auditor shall reclassify the following positions with the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas under the Texas Position Classification Plan, 1961:

(1) the positions of Sergeant and Pilot Investigator I shall be reclassified as salary group C5 positions;

(2) the positions of Lieutenant and Pilot Investigator II shall be reclassified as salary group C6 positions; and

(3) the positions of Captain, Pilot Investigator III, and Inspector II shall be reclassified as salary group C8 positions.

(b) The classification officer in the office of the state auditor shall replace the position of Trooper in the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas with the following new positions under the Texas Position Classification Plan, 1961:

(1) the position of Trooper I classified as a salary group C3 position; and

(2) the positions of Trooper II, III, IV, V, and VI classified as salary group C4 positions.

(c) The classification officer in the office of the state auditor shall replace the position of Corporal in the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas with the following new positions under the Texas Position Classification Plan, 1961:

(1) the position of Corporal I classified as a salary group C3 position; and

(2) the positions of Corporal II, III, IV, V, and VI classified as salary group C4 positions.

SECTION 2. The classification officer in the office of the state auditor shall reclassify the following positions with the Office of the Attorney General under the Texas Position Classification Plan, 1961:

(1) the position of Sergeant shall be reclassified as a salary group C4 position;

(2) the position of Lieutenant shall be reclassified as a salary group C5 position;

(3) the position of Captain shall be reclassified as a salary group C6 position; and

(4) the position of Major shall be reclassified as a salary group C8 position.

SECTION 3. The changes made by the classification officer as required by Sections 1 and 2 of this Act apply beginning in the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2013.

SECTION 4. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this Act takes effect September 1, 2013.