By:  Ellis                                                        H.B. No. 285



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the amount of hazardous duty pay for certain state 
employees.   
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 659.062, Government Code, is amended by 
amending Subsection (a) and adding Subsection (f) to read as 
follows:
	(a)  An eligible employee is entitled to monthly hazardous 
duty pay based on the number of years [of $7 a month for each year] 
of service as an employee of this state in a position that requires 
the performance of hazardous duty[, not to exceed 30 years of such 
service].  An eligible employee is entitled to hazardous duty pay 
according to the following schedule:
		(1)  employees who have less than five years of state 
hazardous duty service are entitled to hazardous duty pay of $10 a 
month;
		(2)  employees who have at least 5 years but less than 
10 years of state hazardous duty service are entitled to hazardous 
duty pay of $15 a month;
		(3)  employees who have at least 10 years but less than 
15 years of state hazardous duty service are entitled to hazardous 
duty pay of $20 a month; and
		(4)  employees who have 15 or more years of state 
hazardous duty service are entitled to hazardous duty pay of $25 a 
month [Except as provided by Subsection (c) or Section 
659.063(b)(1), this hazardous duty pay is instead of other 
hazardous duty or longevity pay].
	(f)  Except as provided by Subsection (c) or Section 
659.063(b)(1), the hazardous duty pay provided by this section is 
instead of other hazardous duty or longevity pay.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2003.