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79R9906 JRD-D

By:  Flynn                                                        H.B. No. 3021



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to the comptroller's electronic funds transfer system and 
the use of electronic paycards.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Section 403.016, Government Code, is amended by 
amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (k) to read 
as follows:
	(b)  The comptroller shall use the electronic funds transfer 
system to pay an employee's net state salary and travel expense 
reimbursements unless[:
		[(1)] the employee agrees instead to accept payment on 
an electronic paycard [does not hold a classified position under 
the state's position classification plan and the employee's gross 
state salary is less than the gross state salary for a position 
classified to group 8, step 1, of the state position classification 
plan;  or
		[(2)  the employee holds a classified position under 
the state's position classification plan that is classified below 
group 8].
	(c)  The comptroller shall use the electronic funds transfer 
system to make: 
		(1)  payments of more than $100 to annuitants by the 
Employees Retirement System of Texas or the Teacher Retirement 
System of Texas under either system's administrative jurisdiction,
unless the annuitant agrees instead to accept payment on an 
electronic paycard;
		(2)  recurring payments to municipalities, counties, 
political subdivisions, special districts, and other governmental 
entities of this state;  and
		(3)  payments to vendors who choose to receive payment 
through the electronic funds transfer system rather than by 
warrant.
	(k)  The comptroller may make a payment to a state employee 
under Subsection (b) or to an annuitant paid by the Employees 
Retirement System of Texas or the Teacher Retirement System of 
Texas under Subsection (c) on an electronic paycard if the employee 
or annuitant agrees to accept payment by that method.
	SECTION 2.  Section 659.084, Government Code, is amended to 
read as follows: 
	Sec. 659.084.  ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER.  Salaries for 
state officers and employees paid once a month shall be paid through 
electronic funds transfer under Section 403.016 unless paid on an 
electronic paycard [warrant] as permitted under that section.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.