88R4450 RDS-F
By: Metcalf H.B. No. 2157
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the salary of certain employees who transfer within a
state agency.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 659, Government Code, is
amended by adding Section 659.2532 to read as follows:
Sec. 659.2532. TRANSFER WITHIN AGENCY BETWEEN CLASSIFIED
POSITIONS WITH SAME POSITION TITLE WHEN EMPLOYEE IS COMPETITIVELY
SELECTED. (a) In this section, "classified position" means a
position classified under the state's position classification
plan.
(b) A state employee's annual salary rate immediately after
a transfer may be set at any rate in the appropriate salary group if
the employee:
(1) transfers within a state agency between two
classified positions that:
(A) are allocated to the same salary group; and
(B) have the same position title as listed in the
General Appropriations Act;
(2) transfers to a position for which the employment
opening is publicly listed in accordance with Chapter 656;
(3) voluntarily applies for the position to which the
employee transfers; and
(4) agrees to accept the position to which the
employee transfers at the publicly listed salary.
SECTION 2. Section 659.2532, Government Code, as added by
this Act, applies only to a transfer of position that takes effect
on or after September 1, 2023. A transfer of position that takes
effect before September 1, 2023, is governed by the law in effect on
the effective date of the transfer, and the former law is continued
in effect for that purpose.
SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.