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By: Gonzalez Toureilles, et al. |
H.B. No. 2498 |
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(Senate Sponsor - Zaffirini) |
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(In the Senate - Received from the House May 14, 2007; |
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May 15, 2007, read first time and referred to Committee on Criminal |
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Justice; May 18, 2007, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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Yeas 6, Nays 0; May 18, 2007, sent to printer.) |
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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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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)(1), [and] (b)(2), and |
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(h), the number of 12-month periods of lifetime service credit that |
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the employee has accrued must be determined as of the last day of |
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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. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |
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