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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the required posting by governmental entities of |
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employee contracts and compensation on entity Internet websites. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Subtitle A, Title 6, Government Code, is amended |
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by adding Chapter 621 to read as follows: |
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CHAPTER 621. COMPENSATION OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY EMPLOYEES |
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Sec. 621.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: |
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(1) "Total Compensation" means the salary, wages, and |
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any other thing of value that an employee receives for work |
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performed by the employee. |
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(2) "Governmental entity" means: |
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(A) a state agency in the executive, legislative, |
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or judicial branch of state government; or |
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(B) a political subdivision of this state, |
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including a county, municipality, school district, hospital |
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district, metropolitan transit authority, conservation and |
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reclamation district, or any other special purpose district. |
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Sec. 621.002. REQUIRED POSTING OF EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. |
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Except for information excepted from required disclosure under |
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Chapter 552, each governmental entity shall: |
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(1) post on the entity's publicly available Internet |
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website: |
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(A) any employment contract the entity enters |
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into with an entity employee; and |
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(B) the total compensation paid to each entity |
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employee; and |
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(2) at least annually update the information required |
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under Subdivision (1). |
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Sec. 621.003. FAILURE TO POST EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. If |
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the comptroller determines that a governmental entity has violated |
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Section 620.002, the comptroller shall: |
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(1) publish the comptroller's determination in the |
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Texas Register; and |
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(2) notify the governmental entity in writing that the |
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entity is ineligible for any state grant for a period of two years |
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from the date the determination is published under Subdivision (1). |
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SECTION 2. Not later than January 1, 2026, each |
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governmental entity shall comply with Section 621.002, Government |
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Code, as added by this Act. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |