Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 659.303. Texas Juvenile Justice Department Employees

(a) The department may include hazardous duty pay in the compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a month if the individual has:

(a-1) The department shall include hazardous duty pay in the compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a month if the individual is an investigator, inspector general, security officer, or apprehension specialist employed by the office of inspector general of the department.

(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 department's authority under Subsection (a) is subject to any conditions or limitations in the General Appropriations Act.

(d) Except for the inclusion of hazardous duty pay in the compensation paid to an individual described by Subsection (a-1), the department may not pay hazardous duty pay:

(e) In this section, “department” means the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.