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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to state fiscal matters. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Amend Chapter 403, Government Code by adding |
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Section 403.0122 to read as follows: |
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SECTION 1. Section 403.0122. DEPOSIT OF AMERICAN RECOVERY AND |
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REINVESTMENT ACT FUNDS. (a) The Federal American Recovery and |
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Reinvestment fund (ARRA fund) is created as a special fund in the |
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state treasury outside the general revenue fund. Notwithstanding |
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any state law to the contrary and except as otherwise provided by |
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federal law, state agencies that receive money under the American |
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Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) shall deposit such |
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money in the ARRA fund as the comptroller determines is necessary to |
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hold and account for ARRA funds. |
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(b) Additional funds may be deposited into the ARRA fund as |
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appropriated by the legislature, required by federal law, or as the |
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comptroller determines is necessary to account for ARRA related |
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funds. Funds deposited into the ARRA fund may only be used for the |
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purposes identified in the ARRA to stimulate the economy, including |
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aid for unemployment, welfare, education, health and |
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infrastructure. |
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(c) Agencies shall transfer amounts between the ARRA fund |
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and other accounts and funds as the comptroller determines is |
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necessary to properly account for ARRA funds. This section does not |
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affect the authority of the comptroller to establish and use |
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accounts necessary to manage and account for revenues and |
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expenditures. |
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(d) Interest earned on funds deposited into the ARRA fund is |
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exempt from Section 404.071, Government Code and shall be retained |
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in the fund. |
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(e) The comptroller may issue guidelines for state agencies |
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regarding the implementation of the provisions of this section. |
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SECTION 2. Amend Section 403.0551(d), Government Code, to |
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read as follows: |
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(d) This section does not authorize the comptroller to |
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deduct the amount of a state employee's indebtedness to a state |
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agency from any amount of compensation owed by the agency to the |
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employee, the employee's successor, or the assignee of the employee |
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or successor. In this subsection, "compensation," has the meaning |
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assigned by Section 403.055, and "indebtedness," "state agency," |
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"state employee," and "successor" have the meanings assigned by |
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Section 666.001. |
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SECTION 3. Amend Section 661.062(a), Government Code, to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 661.062. ENTITLEMENT TO PAYMENT FOR VACATION TIME. |
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(a) A state employee who, at any time during the employee's |
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lifetime, has accrued six months of continuous state employment and |
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who resigns, is dismissed, or otherwise separates from state |
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employment by a state agency other than an institution of higher |
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education is entitled to be paid for the accrued balance of the |
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employee's vacation time as of the date of separation, if the |
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individual is not reemployed by the state in a position under which |
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the employee accrues vacation leave for one calendar month [during
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the 30 day period] immediately following the date of separation |
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from state employment. A state employee who, at any time during the |
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employee's lifetime, has accrued six months of continuous state |
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employment and who resigns, is dismissed, or otherwise separates |
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from state employment by an institution of higher education is |
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entitled to be paid for the accrued balance of the employee's |
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vacation time as of the date of separation. |
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SECTION 4. EFFECTIVE DATE. This Act takes effect |
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immediately if it receives a vote of two-thirds of all the members |
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elected to each house, as provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas |
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Constitution. If this Act does not receive the vote necessary for |
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immediate effect, this Act takes effect on the 91st day after the |
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last day of the legislative session. |