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      88(R) SB 155 - Introduced version - Bill Text
      
            88R1918 SGM-D
         
		By:  Huffman
            S.B.  No.  155
         
               A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
            
               AN ACT
            
            relating to benefits for certain members of the Texas military 
         
            forces and survivors of members of the Texas military forces.
         
                          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         
                          SECTION  1.    Section 615.003, Government Code, is amended to 
         
            read as follows:
         
                          Sec.  615.003.    APPLICABILITY.  This chapter applies only to 
         
            eligible survivors of the following individuals:
         
                                      (1)    an individual:
         
                                                  (A)    elected, appointed, or employed as a peace 
         
            officer by the state or a political subdivision of the state under 
         
            Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law; or
         
                                                  (B)    employed as a peace officer by a private 
         
            institution of higher education, including a private junior 
         
            college, that is located in this state under Section 51.212, 
         
            Education Code;
         
                                      (2)    a paid probation officer appointed by the director 
         
            of a community supervision and corrections department who has the 
         
            duties set out in Section 76.002 and the qualifications set out in 
         
            Section 76.005, or who was appointed in accordance with prior law;
         
                                      (3)    a parole officer employed by the Texas Department 
         
            of Criminal Justice who has the duties set out in Section 508.001 
         
            and the qualifications set out in Section 508.113 or in prior law;
         
                                      (4)    a paid jailer;
         
                                      (5)    a member of an organized police reserve or 
         
            auxiliary unit who regularly assists peace officers in enforcing 
         
            criminal laws;
         
                                      (6)    a member of the class of employees of the 
         
            correctional institutions division formally designated as 
         
            custodial personnel under Section 615.006 by the Texas Board of 
         
            Criminal Justice or its predecessor in function;
         
                                      (7)    a jailer or guard of a county jail who is appointed 
         
            by the sheriff and who:
         
                                                  (A)    performs a security, custodial, or 
         
            supervisory function over the admittance, confinement, or 
         
            discharge of prisoners; and
         
                                                  (B)    is certified by the Texas Commission on Law 
         
            Enforcement;
         
                                      (8)    a juvenile correctional employee of the Texas 
         
            Juvenile Justice Department;
         
                                      (9)    an employee of the Health and Human Services 
         
            Commission [Department of Aging and Disability Services or 
         
            Department of State Health Services] who:
         
                                                  (A)    works at the commission's [department's] 
         
            maximum security unit; or
         
                                                  (B)    performs on-site services for the Texas 
         
            Department of Criminal Justice;
         
                                      (10)    an individual who is employed by the state or a 
         
            political or legal subdivision and is subject to certification by 
         
            the Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
         
                                      (11)    an individual employed by the state or a 
         
            political or legal subdivision whose principal duties are aircraft 
         
            crash and rescue fire fighting;
         
                                      (12)    a member of an organized volunteer fire-fighting 
         
            unit that:
         
                                                  (A)    renders fire-fighting services without 
         
            remuneration; and
         
                                                  (B)    conducts a minimum of two drills each month, 
         
            each two hours long;
         
                                      (13)    an individual who:
         
                                                  (A)    performs emergency medical services or 
         
            operates an ambulance;
         
                                                  (B)    is employed by a political subdivision of the 
         
            state or is an emergency medical services volunteer as defined by 
         
            Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code; and
         
                                                  (C)    is qualified as an emergenc
Statutes affected: 
Introduced: Government Code 615.003, Labor Code 504.019, Labor Code 437.001, Labor Code 504.055, Labor Code 504.056 (Government Code 615, Labor Code 504, Labor Code 437)



	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to benefits for certain members of the Texas military
	forces and survivors of members of the Texas military forces.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1. Section 615.003, Government Code, is amended to
	read as follows:
	Sec. 615.003. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to
	eligible survivors of the following individuals:
	(1) an individual:
	(A) elected, appointed, or employed as a peace
	officer by the state or a political subdivision of the state under
	Article 2.12, Code of Criminal Procedure, or other law; or
	(B) employed as a peace officer by a private
	institution of higher education, including a private junior
	college, that is located in this state under Section 51.212,
	Education Code;
	(2) a paid probation officer appointed by the director
	of a community supervision and corrections department who has the
	duties set out in Section 76.002 and the qualifications set out in
	Section 76.005, or who was appointed in accordance with prior law;
	(3) a parole officer employed by the Texas Department
	of Criminal Justice who has the duties set out in Section 508.001
	and the qualifications set out in Section 508.113 or in prior law;
	(4) a paid jailer;
	(5) a member of an organized police reserve or
	auxiliary unit who regularly assists peace officers in enforcing
	criminal laws;
	(6) a member of the class of employees of the
	correctional institutions division formally designated as
	custodial personnel under Section 615.006 by the Texas Board of
	Criminal Justice or its predecessor in function;
	(7) a jailer or guard of a county jail who is appointed
	by the sheriff and who:
	(A) performs a security, custodial, or
	supervisory function over the admittance, confinement, or
	discharge of prisoners; and
	(B) is certified by the Texas Commission on Law
	Enforcement;
	(8) a juvenile correctional employee of the Texas
	Juvenile Justice Department;
	(9) an employee of the Health and Human Services
	Commission [~~Department of Aging and Disability Services or~~
	~~Department of State Health Services~~] who:
	(A) works at the commission's [~~department's~~]
	maximum security unit; or
	(B) performs on-site services for the Texas
	Department of Criminal Justice;
	(10) an individual who is employed by the state or a
	political or legal subdivision and is subject to certification by
	the Texas Commission on Fire Protection;
	(11) an individual employed by the state or a
	political or legal subdivision whose principal duties are aircraft
	crash and rescue fire fighting;
	(12) a member of an organized volunteer fire-fighting
	unit that:
	(A) renders fire-fighting services without
	remuneration; and
	(B) conducts a minimum of two drills each month,
	each two hours long;
	(13) an individual who:
	(A) performs emergency medical services or
	operates an ambulance;
	(B) is employed by a political subdivision of the
	state or is an emergency medical services volunteer as defined by
	Section 773.003, Health and Safety Code; and
	(C) is qualified as an emergenc Statutes affected: Introduced: Government Code 615.003, Labor Code 504.019, Labor Code 437.001, Labor Code 504.055, Labor Code 504.056 (Government Code 615, Labor Code 504, Labor Code 437)