By: Flores S.B. No. 1237     A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   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.