Bill Text: TX SB1598 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: Relating to hazardous duty pay for security officers employed by the Texas Military Department.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-05-20 - Effective on 9/1/19 [SB1598 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SB1598-Enrolled.html

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S.B. No. 1598

AN ACT
relating to hazardous duty pay for security officers employed by
the Texas Military Department.
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;
(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; or
(H) is a security officer employed by the Texas
Military Department.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2019.
______________________________ ______________________________
President of the Senate Speaker of the House
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1598 passed the Senate on
April 17, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0.
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Secretary of the Senate
I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1598 passed the House on
May 3, 2019, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, two present
not voting.
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Chief Clerk of the House
Approved:
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Date
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Governor