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.