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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to hazardous duty pay for security officers employed by |
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the Texas Military Department. |
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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; |
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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; or |
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(H) is a security officer employed by the Texas |
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Military Department. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019. |