Bill Text: TX HB4300 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Comm Sub
Bill Title: Relating to a report by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement regarding peace officer salaries.
Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2021-05-13 - Placed on General State Calendar [HB4300 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HB4300-Comm_Sub.html
| 87R21671 ANG-D | |||
| By: Dean, Bowers | H.B. No. 4300 | ||
| Substitute the following for H.B. No. 4300: | |||
| By: White | C.S.H.B. No. 4300 | ||
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| relating to a report by the Texas Commission on Law Enforcement | ||
| regarding peace officer salaries. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter D, Chapter 1701, Occupations Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 1701.165 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 1701.165. REPORT ON PEACE OFFICER SALARIES. (a) Not | ||
| later than December 1, 2022, the commission shall submit a report | ||
| regarding peace officer salaries in this state to the governor, the | ||
| lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, | ||
| and each standing committee of the legislature with primary | ||
| jurisdiction over the commission. | ||
| (b) The report must include: | ||
| (1) salary information categorized by law enforcement | ||
| agency size, based on the population residing in the agency's | ||
| jurisdiction; and | ||
| (2) for each category under Subdivision (1), a | ||
| comparison of: | ||
| (A) officer salaries to cost of living; and | ||
| (B) officer salaries in this state to officer | ||
| salaries in other states. | ||
| (c) A law enforcement agency shall provide any information | ||
| requested by the commission to prepare the report. | ||
| (d) This section expires January 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2021. | ||
