BILL ANALYSIS

Senate Research Center                                                                                                      S.B. 2304

                                                                                                                                       By: Williams

Criminal Justice

4/19/2009

As Filed

AUTHOR'S / SPONSOR'S STATEMENT OF INTENT

Some Texas Department of Criminal Justice (TDCJ) employees receive hazardous duty pay that is lower than that received by correctional officers.  Correctional officers receive $12 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit accrued.  Other employees receive $10 for the same period of service. 

As proposed, S.B. 2304 allows all employees of TDCJ to receive the lesser of $12 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit accrued or $300 per month for hazardous duty pay. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

This bill does not expressly grant any additional rulemaking authority to a state officer, institution, or agency.

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 659.305, Government Code, by amending Subsection (h), to provide that the amount of hazardous duty pay for a particular month for a full-time employee, rather than full-time correctional officer, employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is the lesser of $12 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit accrued by the employee or $300.

SECTION 2.  Effective date:  September 1, 2009.