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| 1 | 1 | By: Huffines S.B. No. 1613 | |
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| 3 | 3 | ||
| 4 | 4 | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED | |
| 5 | 5 | AN ACT | |
| 6 | 6 | relating to longevity pay for certain state employees. | |
| 7 | 7 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | |
| 8 | 8 | SECTION 1. Section 659.042, Government Code, is amended to | |
| 9 | 9 | read as follows: | |
| 10 | 10 | Sec. 659.042. EXCLUSIONS. The following are not entitled | |
| 11 | 11 | to longevity pay under this subchapter: | |
| 12 | 12 | (1) a member of the legislature; | |
| 13 | 13 | (2) an individual who holds a statewide office that is | |
| 14 | 14 | normally filled by vote of the people, except as provided by Section | |
| 15 | 15 | 659.0445; | |
| 16 | 16 | (3) an independent contractor or an employee of an | |
| 17 | 17 | independent contractor; | |
| 18 | 18 | (4) a temporary employee; | |
| 19 | 19 | (5) an officer or employee of a public junior college; | |
| 20 | 20 | (6) an academic employee of a state institution of | |
| 21 | 21 | higher education; [or] | |
| 22 | 22 | (7) a state employee who retired from state employment | |
| 23 | 23 | on or after June 1, 2005, and who receives an annuity based wholly | |
| 24 | 24 | or partly on service as a state officer or state employee in a | |
| 25 | 25 | public retirement system, as defined by Section 802.001, that was | |
| 26 | 26 | credited to the state employee; or | |
| 27 | 27 | (8) a state employee who first begins state employment | |
| 28 | 28 | on or after September 1, 2015. | |
| 29 | 29 | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect September 1, 2015. |