79R7619 MFC-F


By:  Corte                                                        H.B. No. 3113



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to performance incentive awards for certain employees of 
state agencies who provide services to veterans.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.  Subchapter K, Chapter 659, Government Code, is 
amended by adding Section 659.264 to read as follows:
	Sec. 659.264.  VETERANS PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE AWARD.  A 
state agency may make a performance incentive award to a classified 
employee for providing services to veterans as provided by the Jobs 
for Veterans Act (Pub. L. No. 107-288), if:
		(1)  the employee has been employed by the agency in the 
employee's current position for at least six continuous months 
before the effective date of the award; and
		(2)  the employee's documented job performance and 
productivity in that position are consistently above that normally 
expected or required.
	SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.