UPDATE: 04/10/11
Senate approves modified version of the bill. Flat 20% of market value approved to be implemented. Refer to our Backgate post here for more information . Click Here !
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Under an amendment approved by the ledge, House Corrections Committee Chairman Jerry Madden, R-Richardson, said House Bill 2404 is designed to address a growing issue over state employees who live rent-free in state housing, or at hefty discounts, and pay no local property taxes.Under the new amendment state employees will be required to pay for all utilities and maintenance upkeep on the dwellings.
For many TDCJ employees, housing came and was offered as part of the jobs they promoted into. A perk that enticed them to prison units out in the middle of no where where in some cases housing of equal size is not afforded in the community. Or may be over priced. In some prison locations, such in TDCJ's Region III, some housing is badly maintained and falling down. To maintain or to provide heating and cooling to these un-insulated structures would cost thousands. With the only true perk gone that enticed employees and supervisors into areas of the state that already couldn't attract staff, this may be the final blow.
When signed, the amendment would begin affecting employees in October of 2011. If employees fail to pay the required fees, they are subject to evictions. Look for a mass exodus from state housing areas soon.
good them freeloaders should pay.
ReplyDeleteFrom one extreme to the other. Will they ever learn? The jealous correctional officers who ttention should be ashamed at the result. I never wanted to live in those rat holes, but they were always there in case I needed one. Some divorced guards were able to move into the BOQ while they put their children through college. No more. Who would want to live in an uninsulated building and pay the utilities? It would be cheaper to live in a motel.
ReplyDeleteHow about monthly rent?
ReplyDeleteI wonder where Congressman Jerry Madden lives?
ReplyDeleteTell Madden to get a real job
ReplyDeleteI noticed the Governer's mansion and state capital were exempted in the bill....Wow, just like Washington.
ReplyDeleteThese idiots forget that most of us maintain two homes, the one we live in while in the middle of nowhere and the other one that we do pay taxes on.
BUT OF COURSE THE GOVERNER and other HIGHER OFFICALS are exempted. We pay $10,000.00 a month for the Governer. As a person who does lives in state housing if I posted pictures of the status of the house, no one would really believe that the state let the housing get this bad. About 11 years ago college students were to asset the state housing, I remember the comments used by them were "These houses are below welfare housing, and you want the employees to pay for this?" Plus the employees who stay in state housing and BOQ are the first employees to respond at the prison to escapes or emergencies. Plus help with other situations that happens on the units. I guess we will see who is going to show up when staff is needed for emergencies and to protect the public.
ReplyDeletetdcj get your head out of your butt for once. hey gov perry how abt reducing ur pay for 1 yr and c how much tdcj can get done with that money.i will have to say this state housing that the sgts live in is below par,does the state really want to go to private prisons that bad. hey brad livingston your the head dog in tdcj y dont u cut your pay and all them directors kissing ur butt pay then have better housing and better morale at your prisons.
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ReplyDeleteAmazing...Employees now pay rent but can't get anything fixed. From leaking roofs to ceiling falling in. mold growing on the doors and ceiling due to no ventilation. Should be illegal for them the rent out such a place. But the employees are stuck the situation due to pay...or lack of pay. So where does the money go that they now charge all employees. Not into the housing I can tell you that....
ReplyDeleteCan a captain let her co5 boyfriend move into her state funded housing unit?
ReplyDeleteCan a captain let her co5 boyfriend move into her state funded housing unit?
ReplyDeleteHow much is it for a boq now looking to becoming a co would help out a lot I don't stay near any prisons
ReplyDeleteJust trying to find out where are those units which have BOQ ?
ReplyDeleteJust trying to find out where are those units which have BOQ ?
ReplyDeleteJust trying to find out where are those units which have BOQ ?
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