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