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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to compensation, leave, and physical fitness programs and |
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standards for certain employees of the office of inspector general |
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of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 614.171(1), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(1) "Law enforcement agency" means the Department of |
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Public Safety, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice, Parks and Wildlife Department, [and |
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the] office of the attorney general, and Texas Juvenile Justice |
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Department. |
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SECTION 2. Section 659.303, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to |
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read as follows: |
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(a) The department may include hazardous duty pay in the |
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compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a |
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month if the individual[: |
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[(1)] has: |
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(1) [(A)] routine direct contact with youth: |
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(A) [(i)] placed in a residential facility of the |
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department; or |
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(B) [(ii)] released under the department's |
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supervision; and |
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(2) [(B)] completed at least 12 months of lifetime |
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service credit not later than the last day of the preceding month. |
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(a-1) The department shall include hazardous duty pay in the |
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compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a |
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month if the individual[; or |
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[(2)] is an investigator, inspector general, security |
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officer, or apprehension specialist employed by the office of the |
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inspector general of the department. |
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(d) Except for the inclusion of hazardous duty pay in the |
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compensation paid to an individual described by Subsection (a-1) |
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[(a)(2)], the department may not pay hazardous duty pay: |
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(1) from funds authorized for payment of an |
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across-the-board employee salary increase; or |
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(2) to an employee who works at the department's |
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central office. |
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SECTION 3. 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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2A.001, 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; |
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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; [or] |
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(6) the comptroller; or |
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(7) the office of the inspector general of the Texas |
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Juvenile Justice Department. |
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SECTION 4. Section 242.102, Human Resources Code, is |
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amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows: |
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(j) The department shall ensure that a peace officer |
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commissioned under Subsection (d) 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 5. (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 office of inspector general of the Texas |
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Juvenile Justice Department as a Schedule C position under the |
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position classification plan maintained under Chapter 654, |
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Government Code. |
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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, 2025. |
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(c) This section expires September 1, 2027. |
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SECTION 6. 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 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |