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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the comptroller's electronic funds transfer system and |
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the use of electronic paycards. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 403.016, Government Code, is amended by |
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amending Subsections (b) and (c) and adding Subsection (k) to read |
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as follows: |
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(b) The comptroller shall use the electronic funds transfer |
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system to pay an employee's net state salary and travel expense |
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reimbursements unless[:
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[(1)] the employee agrees instead to accept payment on |
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an electronic paycard [does not hold a classified position under
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the state's position classification plan and the employee's gross
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state salary is less than the gross state salary for a position
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classified to group 8, step 1, of the state position classification
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plan; or
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[(2) the employee holds a classified position under
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the state's position classification plan that is classified below
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group 8]. |
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(c) The comptroller shall use the electronic funds transfer |
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system to make: |
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(1) payments of more than $100 to annuitants by the |
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Employees Retirement System of Texas or the Teacher Retirement |
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System of Texas under either system's administrative jurisdiction, |
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unless the annuitant agrees instead to accept payment on an |
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electronic paycard; |
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(2) recurring payments to municipalities, counties, |
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political subdivisions, special districts, and other governmental |
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entities of this state; and |
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(3) payments to vendors who choose to receive payment |
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through the electronic funds transfer system rather than by |
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warrant. |
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(k) The comptroller may make a payment to a state employee |
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under Subsection (b) or to an annuitant paid by the Employees |
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Retirement System of Texas or the Teacher Retirement System of |
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Texas under Subsection (c) on an electronic paycard if the employee |
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or annuitant agrees to accept payment by that method. |
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SECTION 2. Section 659.084, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 659.084. ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER. Salaries for |
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state officers and employees paid once a month shall be paid through |
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electronic funds transfer under Section 403.016 unless paid on an |
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electronic paycard [warrant] as permitted under that section. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2007. |