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A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
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AN ACT
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relating to the frequency of pay for state employees. |
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BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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SECTION 1. Sections 659.081, 659.082, and 659.083, |
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Government Code, are amended to read as follows: |
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Sec. 659.081. PAYMENT ONCE A MONTH. Except as provided by |
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this subchapter or the General Appropriations Act, annual salaries |
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for state officers [and employees] shall be paid once a month. |
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Sec. 659.082. PAYMENT TWICE A MONTH. (a) A state [An] |
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employee shall [is entitled to] be paid employment compensation |
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twice a month [if: |
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(1) the employee is employed by: |
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(A) the Texas Department of Mental Health and |
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Mental Retardation; |
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(B) the Texas Department of Transportation; |
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(C) the Texas Department of Human Services; |
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(D) the Texas Workforce Commission; |
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(E) the Department of Public Safety; or |
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(F) any other state agency designated by the |
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comptroller; |
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(2) the employee holds a classified position under the |
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state's position classification plan; |
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(3) the employee's position is classified below salary |
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group Al2 under classification salary Schedule A in the General |
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Appropriations Act; |
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(4) the employing state agency satisfies the |
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comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation |
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twice a month; and |
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(5) at least 30 percent of the eligible employees of |
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the agency choose to be paid twice a month. |
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(b) Employees of an institution of higher education as |
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defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, may be paid twice a month |
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at the election of the employing institution of higher education]. |
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Sec. 659.083. PAYDAY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection |
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(b), the comptroller may not pay the salary of a state officer or |
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employee before the first working day of the month following the |
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payroll period. |
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(b) The comptroller shall pay a state [an] employee [who is |
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paid twice a month under Section 659.082] on: |
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(1) the first working day of the month following the |
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payroll period that covers the last half of the preceding month; and |
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(2) the 15th day of the month or the first working day |
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after the 15th for the payroll period that covers the first half of |
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the month. |
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(c) In this section, "working day" means a day other than |
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Saturday, Sunday, or a national holiday as listed in the General |
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Appropriations Act or Chapter 662. A day does not cease to be a |
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national holiday because a state agency maintains or is required to |
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maintain a minimum working staff on the holiday. |
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SECTION 2. Sections 659.081, 659.082, and 659.083, |
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Government Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to compensation |
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due for services rendered on or after September 1, 2025. Employment |
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compensation due for services rendered prior September 1, 2025, is |
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governed by the law in effect on the date the services were |
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rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that |
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purpose. |
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SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |