86R13306 PMO-F
 
  By: Watson S.B. No. 1348
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to compensation and leave for certain employees of the
  fraud unit of the Texas Department of Insurance.
         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, the Texas Department of
  Criminal Justice, [or] the attorney general, or the insurance fraud
  unit of the Texas Department of Insurance;
                     (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.
         SECTION 2.  Section 661.918(a), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (a)  This section applies to a peace officer under Article
  2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, who is commissioned as a law
  enforcement officer or agent, including a ranger, by:
               (1)  the Public Safety Commission and the director of
  the Department of Public Safety;
               (2)  the Parks and Wildlife Commission;
               (3)  the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission; [or]
               (4)  the attorney general; or
               (5)  the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department
  of Insurance.
         SECTION 3.  Section 701.104, Insurance Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (d) to read as follows:
         (d)  The commissioner shall ensure that a peace officer
  commissioned under Subsection (a) is compensated according to
  Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule
  prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.
         SECTION 4.  (a)  The classification officer in the office of
  the state auditor shall classify the position of commissioned peace
  officer employed by the insurance fraud unit of the Texas
  Department of Insurance as a Schedule C position under the Texas
  Position Classification Plan.
         (b)  The change made by the classification officer as
  required by this section applies beginning with the state fiscal
  biennium beginning September 1, 2019.
         (c)  This section expires September 1, 2021.
         SECTION 5.  Section 661.918(a), Government Code, as amended
  by this Act, applies only to an injury that occurs on or after the
  effective date of this Act.
         SECTION 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.