83R13352 MCK-F
By: Flynn H.B. No. 12
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to gifts made to a state agency for a state employee salary
supplement.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 659, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 659.0201 to read as follows:
Sec. 659.0201. REPORTING SALARY SUPPLEMENT. (a) In this
section, "state agency" means a board, commission, department,
institute, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state
government that is created by the constitution or a statute of this
state, including an institution of higher education as defined by
Section 61.003, Education Code.
(b) A state agency may not accept a gift, grant, donation,
or other consideration from a person, including a foundation or
other entity, to be used as a salary supplement for an employee of
the agency unless the person:
(1) provides the agency with the methodology,
including any employment market analysis, the person used to
determine the amount provided for the salary supplement; and
(2) complies with Subsection (d).
(c) The state agency shall post on the agency's Internet
website in accordance with the schedule and in the manner required
by the state auditor:
(1) the amount of each gift, grant, donation, or other
consideration provided by any person to be used as a salary
supplement for an employee of the agency; and
(2) the methodology, including any employment market
analysis, the person described by Subsection (b) used to determine
the amount the person provided for the salary supplement.
(d) A person that provides a gift, grant, donation, or other
consideration to a state agency for a salary supplement for an
employee of the agency must post on the person's publicly
accessible Internet website:
(1) the amount of the gift, grant, donation, or other
consideration provided for the salary supplement; and
(2) the methodology, including any employment market
analysis, the person used to determine the amount the person
provided for the salary supplement.
(e) The state auditor shall adopt a schedule and format for
reporting information required by this section.
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, 2013.