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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 employees |
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of 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(h), Government Code, is amended |
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to read as follows: |
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(h) The amount of hazardous duty pay for a particular month |
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for a full-time state employee [correctional officer] employed by |
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the Texas 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, 2009. |