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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the amount of hazardous duty pay for certain state |
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employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 659.305(a)-(c), Government Code, are |
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amended to read as follows: |
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(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the amount of a |
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full-time state employee's hazardous duty pay for a particular |
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month is the lesser of $500 or: |
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(1) $10 [$7] for each 12-month period of lifetime |
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service credit accrued by an [the] employee who has less than five |
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years of lifetime service credit; [or] |
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(2) $15 for each 12-month period of lifetime service |
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credit accrued by an employee who has at least 5 years but less than |
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10 years of lifetime service credit; |
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(3) $20 for each 12-month period of lifetime service |
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credit accrued by an employee who has at least 10 years but less |
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than 15 years of lifetime service credit; or |
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(4) $25 for each 12-month period of lifetime service |
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credit accrued by an employee who has 15 or more years of lifetime |
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service credit [$210]. |
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(b) This subsection applies only to a state employee whose |
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compensation for services provided to the state during any month |
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before August 1987 included hazardous duty pay that was based on |
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total state service performed before May 29, 1987. The amount of a |
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full-time state employee's hazardous duty pay for a particular |
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month is the sum of: |
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(1) $7 for each 12-month period of state service |
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credit the employee finished accruing before May 29, 1987; and |
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(2) an amount determined using the pay scale under |
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Subsection (a) [$7] for each 12-month period of lifetime service |
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credit that the employee accrued on or after [the date, which must
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be before] May 29, 1987[, on which the employee finished accruing
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the last 12-month period of state service credit]. |
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(c) The amount determined under Subsection (b)(2) may not |
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exceed $500 [$210]. |
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SECTION 2. Section 659.305(g), Government Code, is |
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repealed. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |