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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to longevity pay for certain state employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Section 659.042, Government Code, is amended to |
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read as follows: |
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Sec. 659.042. EXCLUSIONS. The following are not entitled |
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to longevity pay under this subchapter: |
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(1) a member of the legislature; |
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(2) an individual who holds a statewide office that is |
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normally filled by vote of the people, except as provided by Section |
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659.0445; |
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(3) an independent contractor or an employee of an |
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independent contractor; |
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(4) a temporary employee; |
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(5) an officer or employee of a public junior college; |
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(6) an academic employee of a state institution of |
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higher education; [or] |
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(7) a state employee who retired from state employment |
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on or after June 1, 2005, and who receives an annuity based wholly |
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or partly on service as a state officer or state employee in a |
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public retirement system, as defined by Section 802.001, that was |
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credited to the state employee; or |
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(8) a state employee who first begins state employment |
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on or after September 1, 2015. |
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SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |