By: Geren (Senate Sponsor - Hancock) H.B. No. 2469
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2023;
  April 24, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Business & Commerce; May 10, 2023, reported favorably by the
  following vote:  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 10, 2023, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
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         KingX
         BirdwellX
         CampbellX
         CreightonX
         JohnsonX
         KolkhorstX
         MenéndezX
         MiddletonX
         NicholsX
         ZaffiriniX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the administration of certain functions relating to
  state employee leave.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 661.202(j), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (j)  A state agency shall maintain a written statement
  covering the policies and procedures for an extension of leave
  under Subsection (i) and shall make the statement available to all
  agency employees. The state agency shall provide a copy of the
  statement to the comptroller [state auditor] on request.
         SECTION 2.  Section 661.9041(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  The comptroller [state auditor] shall adopt guidelines
  to assist state agencies in determining the amount of emergency
  leave to grant to an employee under this section as differential
  pay.
         SECTION 3.  Section 661.923(c), Government Code, is amended
  to read as follows:
         (c)  Not later than the last day of each quarter of a state
  fiscal year, an agency shall submit a report to the comptroller
  [state auditor's office] and the Legislative Budget Board that
  includes the name of each agency employee described by Subsection
  (a)(1) who has been granted 168 hours or more of leave under this
  section during that fiscal quarter. The report must include, for
  each employee, a brief statement as to the reason the employee
  remains on leave.
         SECTION 4.  Chapter 661, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subchapter AA to read as follows:
  SUBCHAPTER AA. COMPTROLLER RULES AND REPORTS ON CERTAIN LEAVE
  PROVISIONS FOR STATE EMPLOYEES
         Sec. 661.951.  RULES. The comptroller may adopt rules,
  procedures, and guidelines to administer Subchapters B, C, D, E, F,
  G, and Z.
         Sec. 661.952.  REPORT ON EXCEPTIONS. The comptroller shall
  report to the governor and the legislature any state agency or
  institution of higher education that practices exceptions to the
  laws described by Section 661.951.
         SECTION 5.  Sections 661.038, 661.068, 661.094, and 661.151,
  Government Code, are repealed.
         SECTION 6.  (a)  Not later than September 10, 2023, the
  following are transferred from the state auditor to the comptroller
  of public accounts:
               (1)  the powers and duties of the state auditor
  relating to leave for state employees under Chapter 661, Government
  Code; and
               (2)  all property and records in the custody of the
  state auditor that are related to a power or duty transferred under
  this subsection and all funds appropriated by the legislature for
  that power or duty.
         (b)  A rule, form, policy, procedure, or decision of the
  state auditor that is related to a power or duty described by
  Subsection (a) of this section continues in effect as a rule, form,
  policy, procedure, or decision of the comptroller of public
  accounts until superseded by an act of the comptroller of public
  accounts.
         (c)  A reference in law or administrative rule to the state
  auditor that relates to a power or duty transferred under
  Subsection (a) of this section means the comptroller of public
  accounts.
         SECTION 7.  As soon as practicable after the effective date
  of this Act, but not later than September 10, 2023, the state
  auditor and the comptroller of public accounts shall enter into a
  memorandum of understanding that:
               (1)  identifies in detail the applicable powers and
  duties that are transferred by this Act; and
               (2)  establishes a plan for the identification and
  transfer of the records, property, and unspent appropriations of
  the state auditor that are used for purposes of the state auditor's
  powers and duties that are transferred by this Act.
         SECTION 8.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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