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Texas Government Code - Section 659.303. Texas Youth Commission Employees

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§ 659.303. TEXAS YOUTH COMMISSION EMPLOYEES.  (a) The 
commission may include hazardous duty pay in the compensation paid 
to an individual for services rendered during a month if the 
individual:
		(1)  has routine direct contact with youth:                                   
			(A)  placed in a residential facility of the 
commission;  or               
			(B)  released under the commission's supervision;  
and                     
		(2)  has completed at least 12 months of lifetime 
service credit not later than the last day of the preceding month.
	(b)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), an individual who is 
having routine direct contact with youth on any portion of the first 
workday of a month is considered to have routine direct contact with 
youth for the entire month.
	(c)  The commission's authority under Subsection (a) is 
subject to any conditions or limitations in the General 
Appropriations Act.
	(d)  The commission may not pay hazardous duty pay:                            
		(1)  from funds authorized for payment of an 
across-the-board employee salary increase;  or
		(2)  to an employee who works at the commission's 
central office.           
	(e)  In this section, "commission" means the Texas Youth 
Commission.         

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, § 37, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.       

Last modified: August 11, 2007