89R4937 LRM-F     By: DeAyala H.B. No. 3649       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to compensation and leave for certain peace officers.          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, the attorney general, the Texas Commission on Law   Enforcement, or the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department of   Insurance;                      (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;                      (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.  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; [or]                (5)  the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department   of Insurance; [or]                (6)  the comptroller; or                (7)  the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement.          SECTION 3.  Section 1701.160, Occupations Code, is amended   to read as follows:          Sec. 1701.160.  AUTHORITY TO COMMISSION INVESTIGATORS AS   PEACE OFFICERS. (a) The commission may commission certified peace   officers as investigators employed by the commission for the   limited purpose of assisting the commission in administering this   chapter.          (b)  The commission shall ensure a peace officer   commissioned under Subsection (a) is compensated according to   Schedule C of the position classification salary schedule   prescribed by the General Appropriations Act.          SECTION 4.  (a)  The classification officer in the office of   the state auditor shall classify the position of commissioned peace   officer employed by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement 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 5.  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 6.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.