By: Walle, et al. (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 252
         (In the Senate - Received from the House April 24, 2025;
  April 28, 2025, read first time and referred to Committee on
  Business & Commerce; May 22, 2025, reported adversely, with
  favorable Committee Substitute by the following vote:  Yeas 11,
  Nays 0; May 22, 2025, sent to printer.)
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  COMMITTEE SUBSTITUTE FOR H.B. No. 252 By:  King
 
 
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 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, 2025.
 
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