88R2582 MCK-F     By: Price H.B. No. 2098       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the salary reclassification of certain positions with   the Parks and Wildlife Department.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  (a) The classification officer in the office of   the state auditor shall reclassify the following positions with the   Parks and Wildlife Department under the Texas Position   Classification Plan, 1961:                (1)  the position of State Park Police Officer Trainee   (Cadet) shall be classified as a salary group C1 position;                (2)  the position of Probationary State Park Police   Officer shall be classified as a salary group C2 position;                (3)  the positions of State Park Police Officer I, II,   III, IV, V, and VI shall be classified as salary group C3 positions;                (4)  the position of Sergeant shall be classified as a   salary group C4 position;                (5)  the position of Lieutenant shall be classified as   a salary group C5 position;                (6)  the position of Captain shall be classified as a   salary group C6 position;                (7)  the position of Assistant Commander shall be   classified as a salary group C7 position; and                (8)  the position of Major State Park Police Officer   shall be classified as a salary group C8 position.          (b)  The classification officer in the office of the state   auditor shall change the occupational category of all state park   police officer positions to law enforcement.          SECTION 2.  The changes made by the classification officer   as required by Section 1 of this Act apply beginning in the state   fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives   a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as   provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this   Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this   Act takes effect September 1, 2023.