79R957 KEG-D

By:  Staples                                                      S.B. No. 63 



A BILL TO BE ENTITLED

AN ACT

relating to a pay raise for state employees.                                  
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:                        
	SECTION 1.   Except as provided by Section 2 of this Act:                      
		(1)  each full-time employee of a state agency is 
entitled to an increase in the employee's gross salary for the state 
fiscal year beginning September 1, 2005, in an amount equal to $200 
a month; and
		(2)  each part-time employee of a state agency is 
entitled to an increase in the employee's gross salary for the state 
fiscal year beginning September 1, 2005, in an amount each month 
that is equal to the ratio between the number of hours the employee 
works and the number of hours required of a full-time employee times 
$200.
	SECTION 2.  This Act does not apply to a member of the 
legislature, a member of the faculty of an institution of higher 
education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, or a member 
of a board, commission, or other governing body of a state agency  
who may receive a per diem or expense reimbursement but not a salary 
for full-time employment.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2005.