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AN ACT
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relating to hazardous duty pay for correctional officers employed |
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by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 659.305, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (a), (d), (e), (f), and (g) and adding |
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Subsection (h) to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and |
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(h), the amount of a full-time state employee's hazardous duty pay |
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for a particular month is [the lesser of:
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[(1)] $10 for each 12-month period of lifetime service |
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credit accrued by the employee[; or
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[(2) $300]. |
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(d) For purposes of Subsections (a), [(a)(1) and] (b)(2), |
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and (h), the number of 12-month periods of lifetime service credit |
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that the employee has accrued must be determined as of the last day |
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of the preceding month. |
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(e) A state employee is considered to be a full-time state |
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employee for purposes of Subsection (a), [or] (b), or (h) if the |
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employee is a full-time state employee for any portion of the first |
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workday of the month. |
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(f) The amount of a part-time state employee's hazardous |
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duty pay is proportional to the amount of a full-time state |
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employee's pay under Subsection (a), [or] (b), or (h). |
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(g) A state employee may not receive more than $10 or $12, as |
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applicable, for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit, |
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regardless of: |
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(1) the number of positions the employee holds; or |
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(2) the number of hours the employee works each week. |
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(h) The amount of hazardous duty pay for a particular month |
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for a full-time correctional officer employed by the Texas |
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Department of Criminal Justice is the lesser of: |
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(1) $12 for each 12-month period of lifetime service |
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credit accrued by the employee; or |
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(2) $300. |
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SECTION 2. Section 659.305(c), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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President of the Senate |
Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2498 was passed by the House on May |
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11, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B. |
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No. 2498 on May 25, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 137, Nays 0, |
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2 present, not voting. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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I certify that H.B. No. 2498 was passed by the Senate, with |
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amendments, on May 22, 2007, by the following vote: Yeas 30, Nays |
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0. |
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______________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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APPROVED: __________________ |
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Governor |