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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to a salary career ladder 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. Subchapter B, Chapter 659, Government Code, is |
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amended by adding Section 659.0111 to read as follows: |
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Sec. 659.0111. SALARY CAREER LADDER FOR CERTAIN STATE |
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EMPLOYEES. (a) This section applies only to a state employee who |
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is employed by a state agency in a position classified under Chapter |
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654 and whose annual salary is less than $75,000. |
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(b) The executive director or governing body of a state |
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agency shall adopt a salary career ladder for agency employees |
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described by Subsection (a). The salary career ladder must base a |
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state employee's salary on the employee's designated classification |
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in the position classification plan under Chapter 654 and years of |
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service with the agency. |
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(c) A state employee to whom the salary career ladder |
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applies and who receives an overall evaluation of at least |
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satisfactory in the employee's most recent annual evaluation is |
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entitled to an annual salary increase during each of the employee's |
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first 10 years of service in a designated classification in the |
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position classification plan under Chapter 654, equal to one-tenth |
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of the difference between: |
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(1) the employee's current annual salary; and |
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(2) the minimum annual salary of a state employee in |
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the next highest classification. |
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SECTION 2. As soon as practicable after the effective date |
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of this Act, but not later than October 1, 2017, the executive |
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director or governing body of each state agency subject to Section |
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659.0111, Government Code, as added by this Act, shall adopt a |
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salary career ladder for state employees as required by that |
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section. Beginning the first day of the month following the date on |
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which the executive director or governing body adopts the salary |
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career ladder, each state employee to whom the salary career ladder |
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applies and who receives an overall evaluation of at least |
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satisfactory in the employee's most recent annual evaluation is |
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entitled to a salary in an amount that meets or exceeds the amount |
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determined according to the salary career ladder for the employee's |
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classification and years of service with the agency. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2017. |