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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to compensation and leave for certain employees of the |
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fraud unit of the Texas Department of Insurance. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. 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, the Texas Department of |
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Criminal Justice, [or] the attorney general, or the insurance fraud |
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unit of the Texas Department of Insurance; |
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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 2. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(a) This section applies to a peace officer under Article |
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2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is commissioned as a law |
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enforcement officer or agent, including a ranger, by: |
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(1) the Public Safety Commission and the director of |
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the Department of Public Safety; |
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(2) the Parks and Wildlife Commission; |
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(3) the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; [or] |
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(4) the attorney general; or |
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(5) the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department |
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of Insurance. |
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SECTION 3. Section 701.104, Insurance Code, is amended by |
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adding Subsection (d) to read as follows: |
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(d) The commissioner shall ensure that a peace officer |
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commissioned under Subsection (a) is compensated according to |
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Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule |
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prescribed by the General Appropriations Act. |
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SECTION 4. (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 by the insurance fraud unit of the Texas |
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Department of Insurance as a Schedule C position under the Texas |
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Position Classification Plan. |
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(b) The change made by the classification officer as |
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required by this section applies beginning with the state fiscal |
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biennium beginning September 1, 2019. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2021. |
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SECTION 5. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, as amended |
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by this Act, applies only to an injury that occurs on or after the |
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effective date of this Act. |
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SECTION 6. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |