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.