By Ellis                                               H.B. No. 657
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                                A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 1-1                                   AN ACT
 1-2     relating to the amount of hazardous duty pay for certain state
 1-3     employees.
 1-4           BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
 1-5           SECTION 1. Section 659.062, Government Code, is amended by
 1-6     amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as
 1-7     follows:
 1-8           (a)  An eligible employee is entitled to monthly hazardous
 1-9     duty pay based on the number of years [of $7 a month for each year]
1-10     of service as an employee of this state in a position that requires
1-11     the performance of hazardous duty[, not to exceed 30 years of such
1-12     service].  An eligible employee is entitled to hazardous duty pay
1-13     according to the following schedule:
1-14                 (1)  employees who have less than five years of state
1-15     hazardous duty service are entitled to hazardous duty pay of $10 a
1-16     month;
1-17                 (2)  employees who have at least 5 years but less than
1-18     10 years of state hazardous duty  service are entitled to hazardous
1-19     duty pay of $15 a month;
1-20                 (3)  employees who have at least 10 years but less than
1-21     15 years of state hazardous duty service are entitled to hazardous
1-22     duty pay of $20 a month; and
1-23                 (4)  employees who have 15 or more years of state
1-24     hazardous duty service are entitled to hazardous duty pay of $25 a
 2-1     month [Except as provided by Subsection (c) or Section
 2-2     659.063(b)(1), this hazardous duty pay is instead of other
 2-3     hazardous duty or longevity pay].
 2-4           (f)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) or Section
 2-5     659.063(b)(1), the hazardous duty pay provided by this section is
 2-6     instead of other hazardous duty or longevity pay.
 2-7           SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2001.