81R958 HLT-D
 
  By: Gonzalez Toureilles H.B. No. 138
 
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
  relating to a salary career ladder for correctional officers.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Chapter 493, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Section 493.0072 to read as follows:
         Sec. 493.0072.  SALARY CAREER LADDER FOR CORRECTIONAL
  OFFICERS.  (a) The executive director shall adopt a salary career
  ladder for correctional officers. The salary career ladder must
  base a correctional officer's salary on the officer's
  classification and years of service with the department.
         (b)  For purposes of the salary schedule, the department
  shall classify all correctional officer positions as Correctional
  Officer I, Correctional Officer II, Correctional Officer III,
  Correctional Officer IV, Correctional Officer V, or Correctional
  Officer VI.
         SECTION 2.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, but not later than the 30th day after that date, the
  executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice
  shall adopt a salary career ladder for correctional officers as
  required by Section 493.0072, Government Code, as added by this
  Act. Beginning the first day of the month following the date on
  which the executive director adopts the salary career ladder, each
  correctional officer to whom the schedule applies is entitled to a
  salary in an amount that meets or exceeds the amount specified in
  the schedule for the officer's classification and years of service
  with the department.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2009.