juvenile justice inspector general staff get guaranteed hazard pay

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89R16193 LRM-F

By: González of El Paso
H.B. No. 4048

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to compensation, leave, and physical fitness programs and

standards for certain employees of the office of the inspector

general of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 614.171(1), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(1) "Law enforcement agency" means the Department of

Public Safety, Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, Texas

Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Juvenile Justice Department,

Parks and Wildlife Department, and the office of the attorney

general.

SECTION 2. Section 659.303, Government Code, is amended by

amending Subsections (a) and (d) and adding Subsection (a-1) to

read as follows:

(a) The department may include hazardous duty pay in the

compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a

month if the individual[ :

[ (1) ] has:

(1) [ (A) ] routine direct contact with youth:

(A) [ (i) ] placed in a residential facility of the

department; or

(B) [ (ii) ] released under the department's

supervision; and

(2) [ (B) ] completed at least 12 months of lifetime

service credit not later than the last day of the preceding month .

(a-1) The department shall include hazardous duty pay in the

compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a

month if the individual [ ; or

[ (2) ] is an investigator, inspector general, security

officer, or apprehension specialist employed by the office of the

inspector general of the department.

(d) Except for the inclusion of hazardous duty pay in the

compensation paid to an individual described by Subsection (a-1)

[ (a)(2) ], the department may not pay hazardous duty pay:

(1) from funds authorized for payment of an

across-the-board employee salary increase; or

(2) to an employee who works at the department's

central office.

SECTION 3. Section 661.918(a), Government Code, is amended

to read as follows:

(a) This section applies to a peace officer under Article

2A.001, 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;

(5) the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department

of Insurance; [ or ]

(6) the comptroller ; or

(7) the office of the inspector general of the Texas

Juvenile Justice Department .

SECTION 4. Section 242.102, Human Resources Code, is

amended by adding Subsection (j) to read as follows:

(j) The department shall ensure that a peace officer

commissioned under Subsection (d) is compensated according to

Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule

prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.

SECTION 5. (a) The classification officer in the office of

the state auditor shall classify the position of commissioned peace

officer employed by the office of the inspector general of the Texas

Juvenile Justice Department 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, 2025.

(c) This section expires September 1, 2027.

SECTION 6. 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 7. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.