TDCJ Union Blog

Legislature Funding for TDCJ’s 20% Pay Raise
is Possible

05-06-2009

Austin -  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice Legislative Appropriations
Request (LAR) for a 20 percent increase in correctional officer pay is possible
according to AFSCME (American Federation of State County Municipal Employees),
the State Correctional Employee’s Organization.  

The House and Senate Appropriations / Finance bills called for a 5% increase in the
House and a 10% increase in officer’s pay from the Senate’s bill.  Both the House and Senate approved the entire pay package on the conditions of funds being available by placing the remaining 15 % (House) and 10 % (Senate) in what is called Article 11 funding (Wish List).

According to Austin insiders there should be $850 million left over in the House state budget for Article 11 projects.  House Bill 1 (HB 1) Article 11 contains over $3.5 billion in projects.  Some of the projects are pork projects such as electric cars for the State Comptroller’s Office.

In HB 1, $350 million is needed to fund the remaining 15% of the LAR pay increase
under Article 11 of the bill.  The AFSCME Organization is asking all available TDCJ
Correctional Officers to meet in Austin on May 14, 2009 at 9 AM.  State Correctional
Officers will meet at 9 AM at the AFL-CIO Building located at 1106 Lavaca St .  


Please call or email the following Politicians and help make this payraise happen.

Conference Committee Contact Information

 

Senators Ogden - College Station (R)Chair

[email protected]
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-0105
(512) 463-5713 (fax)
Shapiro - Plano (R) [email protected]
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
Phone (512) 463-0108
Fax (512) 463-7579



Williams - The Woodlands (R) [email protected]
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-0104
(512) 463-6373 fax


West - Dallas (D) [email protected]
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-0123
(512) 463-0299 fax



Hinojosa McAllen (D) [email protected]
P.O. Box 12068
Capitol Station
Austin, Texas 78711
(512) 463-0120


Rep. Jim Pitts, R-Waxahachie, chair [email protected]
Room CAP 1W.2
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
(512) 463-0516
(512) 463-1051 Fax

Reps. Richard Raymond, D-Laredo [email protected]
Room 1W.4, Capitol Building
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 463-0558
(512) 463-6296 Fax


Ruth Jones McClendon, D-San Antonio [email protected]
Room 4N.4, Capitol Building
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 463-0708
(512) 463-7071 Fax

John Otto, R-Dayton [email protected]
Room E2.906, Capitol Extension
Austin, TX 78701
(512) 463-0570
(512) 463-0315 Fax
John Zerwas, R-Houston. [email protected]
Room EXT E2.316
P.O. Box 2910
Austin, TX 78768
(512) 463-0657
(512) 236-0713 Fax
(888) 827-1560 Toll Free

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04-29-2009

Austin -  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice Legislative Appropriations Request (LAR) for a 20 percent increase in correctional officer pay is possible according to AFSCME (American Federation of State County Municipal Employees), the State Correctional Employee’s Organization. 

The House and Senate Appropriations / Finance bills called for a 5% increase in the House and a 10% increase in officer’s pay from the Senate’s bill.  Both the House and Senate approved the entire pay package on the conditions of funds being available by placing the remaining 15 % (House) and 10 % (Senate) in what is called Article 11 funding (Wish List).

According to Austin insiders there should be $850 million left over in the House state budget for Article 11 projects.  House Bill 1 (HB 1) Article 11 contains over $3.5 billion in projects.  Some of the projects are pork projects such as electric cars for the State Comptroller’s Office.

In HB 1, $350 million is needed to fund the remaining 15% of the LAR pay increase under Article 11 of the bill.  The AFSCME Organization is asking all available TDCJ Correctional Officers to meet in Austin on May 14, 2009 at 9 AM.  State Correctional Officers will meet at 9 AM at the AFL-CIO Building located at 1106 Lavaca St. 

Some time in the next few weeks the House and Senate Conference Committee will meet to decide the final state budget.  This Committee will have the authority to issue any new pay increases under the existing budgets for the next two years.

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