| 1 | 1 | | By: Harrison H.B. No. 1476 |
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| 4 | 4 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 5 | 5 | | AN ACT |
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| 6 | 6 | | relating to a limitation on the salary paid to officers and |
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| 7 | 7 | | employees of this state and political subdivisions of this state. |
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| 8 | 8 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 9 | 9 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 659, Government Code, is |
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| 10 | 10 | | amended by adding Section 659.0111 to read as follows: |
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| 11 | 11 | | Sec. 659.0111. LIMITATION ON SALARY. Notwithstanding any |
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| 12 | 12 | | other law, the salary of a state officer or employee may not exceed |
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| 13 | 13 | | the amount of the salary set by the biennial appropriations act for |
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| 14 | 14 | | the governor. |
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| 15 | 15 | | SECTION 2. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended |
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| 16 | 16 | | by adding Section 180.010 to read as follows: |
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| 17 | 17 | | Sec. 180.010. LIMITATION ON SALARY FOR OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE |
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| 18 | 18 | | OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a) In this section, "political |
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| 19 | 19 | | subdivision" means a county, municipality, special district, |
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| 20 | 20 | | school district, junior college district, or other political |
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| 21 | 21 | | subdivision of this state. |
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| 22 | 22 | | (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the salary of an officer |
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| 23 | 23 | | or employee of a political subdivision may not exceed the amount of |
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| 24 | 24 | | the salary set by the General Appropriations Act for the governor. |
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| 25 | 25 | | SECTION 3. This Act applies to a salary agreement or an |
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| 26 | 26 | | employment contract that is entered into on or after September 1, |
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| 27 | 27 | | 2023. A salary agreement or an employment contract that is entered |
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| 28 | 28 | | into before September 1, 2023, is governed by the law as it existed |
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| 29 | 29 | | at the time the agreement or contract was entered into, and the |
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| 30 | 30 | | former law remains in effect for that purpose. |
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| 31 | 31 | | SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the state fiscal |
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| 32 | 32 | | biennium that begins September 1, 2023. |
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| 33 | 33 | | SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2023. |
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