80R8261 HLT-D

By: Gonzalez Toureilles, Kolkhorst, Hodge, H.B. No. 2498

Escobar

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to hazardous duty pay for correctional officers employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:

SECTION 1. Section 659.305, Government Code, is amended by amending Subsections (a), (d), (e), (f), and (g) and adding Subsection (h) to read as follows:

(a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and (h), the amount of a full-time state employee's hazardous duty pay for a particular month is the lesser of:

(1) $10 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit accrued by the employee; or

(2) $300.

(d) For purposes of Subsections (a)(1), [and] (b)(2), and (h), the number of 12-month periods of lifetime service credit that the employee has accrued must be determined as of the last day of the preceding month.

(e) A state employee is considered to be a full-time state employee for purposes of Subsection (a), [or] (b), or (h) if the employee is a full-time state employee for any portion of the first workday of the month.

(f) The amount of a part-time state employee's hazardous duty pay is proportional to the amount of a full-time state employee's pay under Subsection (a), [or] (b), or (h).

(g) A state employee may not receive more than $10 or $12, as applicable, for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit, regardless of:

(1) the number of positions the employee holds; or

(2) the number of hours the employee works each week.

(h) The amount of hazardous duty pay for a particular month for a full-time correctional officer employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is the lesser of:

(1) $12 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit accrued by the employee; or

(2) $300.

SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.