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Agency-Specific Provisions
Housing

Background

The Texas Legislature provides certain state employees with housing benefits in the form of state-owned and state-maintained housing, in accordance with Article IX, Section 11.02 of the General Appropriations Act (GAA).

Texas Military Department

The following employees of the Texas Military Department are authorized to live in state-owned housing and are exempt from paying housing costs:

  • Adjutant general
  • Deputy adjutant general — air
  • Deputy adjutant general — army

The department may also allocate existing department housing to other department employees with a demonstrated need based on location and job description, at a rate in accordance with Article IX, Section 11.02 of the GAA.

Fees for employee housing are appropriated for use in maintaining employee housing.

Health and Human Services Commission

The following employees at each state hospital or state supported living center are authorized to live in state-owned housing at a rate determined by the Health and Human Services Commission:

  • Superintendent
  • Medical director
  • Assistant superintendent for programs
  • Director of plant maintenance

Other department employees may live in available state-owned housing as set forth in Article IX, Section 11.02 of the GAA.

Fees for employee housing are appropriated for use in maintaining employee housing.

Texas Juvenile Justice Department

The following Texas Juvenile Justice Department employees are authorized to live in state-owned housing at a rate determined by the department:

  • Chief superintendent
  • Assistant superintendent

Other department employees may live in housing as set forth in Article IX, Section 11.02 of the GAA.

Fees for employee housing are appropriated for use in maintaining employee housing. The total fees charged to all employees must at least cover the cost of maintenance and utilities.

Texas Department of Criminal Justice

The following employees at each Department of Criminal Justice facility are authorized to live in state-owned housing at rental rates determined by the department and in accordance with Article IX, Section 11.02 of the GAA:

  • Regional director
  • Chief warden
  • Assistant warden
  • Major of correctional officers
  • Captain of correctional officers
  • Lieutenant of correctional officers
  • Kennel sergeant
  • Maintenance supervisor
  • Fire/safety manager

Other department employees may live in available state-owned housing as set forth in Article IX, Section 11.02 of the GAA.

All fees received for employee housing must be used for maintaining employee housing. Any fees collected over the established amount are appropriated to the department for the same purpose.

The state-owned housing at the Department of Criminal Justice, excluding bachelor officers’ quarters, will be a cost recovery program. The total fees charged to employees will at least cover the cost of maintenance and utilities.

Parks and Wildlife Department

The Parks and Wildlife Department (TPWD) will recover:

  • At least 20 percent of the established fair market rental value of housing from people residing in state-owned housing first employed before Sept. 1, 2005.
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  • 100 percent of the established fair market rental value of housing from people residing in state-owned housing employed on or after Sept. 1, 2005.

Employees Required to Live Onsite in State-Owned Housing

If TPWD requires an employee to live onsite in state-owned housing as a condition of employment, TPWD will recover at least 20 percent of the established market rental value of housing, regardless of the employee’s date of employment.

Fees for employee housing are appropriated for use in maintaining or replacing employee housing.

Sources

General Appropriations Act (GAA), Rider 7 in the appropriations to the Texas Military Department; GAA, Rider 101 in the in the appropriations to the Health and Human Services Commission; GAA, Rider 16 in the appropriations to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department; GAA, Rider 10 in the appropriations to the Department of Criminal Justice; GAA, Rider 8 in the appropriations to Parks and Wildlife Department; GAA, Article IX, Section 11.02.