H.B. No. 2498
 
 
 
 
AN ACT
  relating to hazardous duty pay for correctional officers employed
  by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 659.305, Government Code, is amended by
  amending Subsections (a), (d), (e), (f), and (g) and adding
  Subsection (h) to read as follows:
         (a)  Except as provided by Subsections [Subsection] (b) and
  (h), the amount of a full-time state employee's hazardous duty pay
  for a particular month is [the lesser of:
               [(1)]  $10 for each 12-month period of lifetime service
  credit accrued by the employee[; or
               [(2)  $300].
         (d)  For purposes of Subsections (a), [(a)(1) and] (b)(2),
  and (h), the number of 12-month periods of lifetime service credit
  that the employee has accrued must be determined as of the last day
  of the preceding month.
         (e)  A state employee is considered to be a full-time state
  employee for purposes of Subsection (a), [or] (b), or (h) if the
  employee is a full-time state employee for any portion of the first
  workday of the month.
         (f)  The amount of a part-time state employee's hazardous
  duty pay is proportional to the amount of a full-time state
  employee's pay under Subsection (a), [or] (b), or (h).
         (g)  A state employee may not receive more than $10 or $12, as
  applicable, for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit,
  regardless of:
               (1)  the number of positions the employee holds; or
               (2)  the number of hours the employee works each week.
         (h)  The amount of hazardous duty pay for a particular month
  for a full-time correctional officer employed by the Texas
  Department of Criminal Justice is the lesser of:
               (1)  $12 for each 12-month period of lifetime service
  credit accrued by the employee; or
               (2)  $300.
         SECTION 2.  Section 659.305(c), Government Code, is
  repealed.
         SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2007.
 
 
  ______________________________ ______________________________
     President of the Senate Speaker of the House     
 
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2498 was passed by the House on May
  11, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 139, Nays 0, 2 present, not
  voting; and that the House concurred in Senate amendments to H.B.
  No. 2498 on May 25, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 137, Nays 0,
  2 present, not voting.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House   
 
         I certify that H.B. No. 2498 was passed by the Senate, with
  amendments, on May 22, 2007, by the following vote:  Yeas 30, Nays
  0.
 
  ______________________________
  Secretary of the Senate   
  APPROVED: __________________
                  Date       
   
           __________________
                Governor