By: Walle (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 4579
         (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
  May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
  Commerce; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:  
  Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
Click here to see the committee vote
 
 
 
  COMMITTEE VOTE
 
 
         YeaNayAbsentPNV
         SchwertnerX
         KingX
         BirdwellX
         CampbellX
         CreightonX
         JohnsonX
         KolkhorstX
         MenéndezX
         MiddletonX
         NicholsX
         ZaffiriniX
 
 
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
 
AN ACT
 
  relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state
  agencies.
         BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
         SECTION 1.  Section 659.082, Government Code, is amended by
  adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
         (c)  A state agency listed in Subsection (a) may elect to pay
  employment compensation twice a month to an employee who holds a
  position classified in salary group A12, A13, A14, A15, A16, or A17
  under classification salary Schedule A in the General
  Appropriations Act. A state agency that elects to pay employment
  compensation twice a month under this subsection must satisfy the
  comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation
  twice a month.
         SECTION 2.  This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
  a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
  provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution.  If this
  Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
  Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
 
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