Amend HB 2914 by inserting new SECTIONS appropriately
numbered to read as follows and renumbering the SECTIONS of the
bill appropriately:
      SECTION _____.  Section 659.043(a), Government Code is
amended to read as follows:
      (a)  A state employee is entitled to longevity pay to be
included in the employee's monthly compensation if the employee:
            (1)  is a full-time state employee on the first workday
of the month;
            (2)  is not on leave without pay on the first workday
of the month; and
            (3)  has accrued at least three <five> years of
lifetime service credit not later than the last day of the
preceding month.
      SECTION _____.  Section 659.044, Government Code is amended
to read as follows:
      (a)  The monthly amount of longevity pay is $20 <$4> for
every three years <each year> of lifetime service credit.
      (b)  The amount increases when the 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th,
18th, 21st, 24th, 27th, 30th, 33rd, 36th, 39th, and 42nd <10th,
15th, 20th, 25th, 30th, 35th, and 40th> years of lifetime service
credit are accrued.
      (c)  An increase is effective beginning with the month
following the month in which the 6th, 9th, 12th, 15th, 18th, 21st,
24th, 27th, 30th, 33rd, 36th, 39th, and 42nd <10th, 15th, 20th,
25th, 30th, 35th, and 40th> years of lifetime service credit are
accrued.
      (d)  An employee may not receive from the state as longevity
pay more than $20 <$4> for every three <each> years of lifetime
service credit, regardless of the number of positions the employee
holds or the number of hours the employee works each week.