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            |  | AN ACT | 
         
            |  | relating to compensation and leave for certain security officers or | 
         
            |  | investigators commissioned as peace officers by the comptroller. | 
         
            |  | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | 
         
            |  | SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 403, Government Code, is | 
         
            |  | amended by adding Section 403.03059 to read as follows: | 
         
            |  | Sec. 403.03059.  COMPENSATION FOR COMMISSIONED PEACE | 
         
            |  | OFFICERS.  The comptroller shall ensure that a security officer or | 
         
            |  | investigator commissioned as a peace officer by the comptroller is | 
         
            |  | compensated according to Schedule C of the position classification | 
         
            |  | salary schedule prescribed by the General Appropriations Act. | 
         
            |  | 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; | 
         
            |  | (4)  the attorney general; [ or] | 
         
            |  | (5)  the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department | 
         
            |  | of Insurance; or | 
         
            |  | (6)  the comptroller. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 3.  (a)  The classification officer in the office of | 
         
            |  | the state auditor shall classify the position of commissioned peace | 
         
            |  | officer employed by the comptroller of public accounts of the State | 
         
            |  | of Texas as a Schedule C position under the position classification | 
         
            |  | plan maintained under Chapter 654, Government Code. | 
         
            |  | (b)  The change made by the classification officer as | 
         
            |  | required by this section applies beginning with the state fiscal | 
         
            |  | biennium beginning September 1, 2023. | 
         
            |  | (c)  This section expires September 1, 2025. | 
         
            |  | SECTION 4.  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 5.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1237 passed the Senate on | 
         
            |  | April 6, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 31, Nays 0. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Secretary of the Senate | 
         
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            |  | I hereby certify that S.B. No. 1237 passed the House on | 
         
            |  | May 16, 2023, by the following vote:  Yeas 135, Nays 4, | 
         
            |  | one present not voting. | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
            |  | Chief Clerk of the House | 
         
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            |  | Approved: | 
         
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            |  | ______________________________ | 
         
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            |  | Governor |