| 1 | 1 | | 83R13351 MTB-F |
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| 2 | 2 | | By: Flynn, Alvarado, Perry, Martinez Fischer, H.B. No. 9 |
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| 3 | 3 | | et al. |
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| 4 | 4 | | |
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| 5 | 5 | | |
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| 6 | 6 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 7 | 7 | | AN ACT |
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| 8 | 8 | | relating to posting certain information regarding compensation of |
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| 9 | 9 | | state agency executive staff on the Internet. |
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| 10 | 10 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 11 | 11 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 659, Government Code, is |
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| 12 | 12 | | amended by adding Section 659.026 to read as follows: |
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| 13 | 13 | | Sec. 659.026. INFORMATION REGARDING EXECUTIVE STAFF |
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| 14 | 14 | | COMPENSATION. (a) In this section: |
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| 15 | 15 | | (1) "Compensation" includes an emolument provided in |
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| 16 | 16 | | lieu of base salary or wages or a supplement to base salary or |
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| 17 | 17 | | wages. |
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| 18 | 18 | | (2) "Executive staff" means: |
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| 19 | 19 | | (A) the director, executive director, |
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| 20 | 20 | | commissioner, administrator, or other individual who is appointed |
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| 21 | 21 | | by the governing body of a state agency or by another state officer |
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| 22 | 22 | | to act as the chief executive or administrative head of the agency |
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| 23 | 23 | | and who is not an appointed officer; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | (B) other management or senior level staff |
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| 25 | 25 | | members of a state agency. |
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| 26 | 26 | | (3) "State agency" means a board, commission, |
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| 27 | 27 | | department, institute, office, or other agency in the executive |
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| 28 | 28 | | branch of state government that is created by the constitution or a |
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| 29 | 29 | | statute of this state, including an institution of higher education |
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| 30 | 30 | | as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code. |
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| 31 | 31 | | (b) A state agency shall make available to the public by |
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| 32 | 32 | | posting on the agency's Internet website the agency's methodology, |
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| 33 | 33 | | including any employment market analysis, for determining the |
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| 34 | 34 | | compensation of executive staff employed by the agency at the time |
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| 35 | 35 | | and in the manner provided by the state auditor. |
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| 36 | 36 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 37 | 37 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 38 | 38 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 39 | 39 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2013. |
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