| 1 | 1 | | H.B. No. 2157 |
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| 4 | 4 | | AN ACT |
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| 5 | 5 | | relating to the salary of certain employees who transfer within a |
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| 6 | 6 | | state agency. |
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| 7 | 7 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 8 | 8 | | SECTION 1. Subchapter K, Chapter 659, Government Code, is |
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| 9 | 9 | | amended by adding Section 659.2532 to read as follows: |
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| 10 | 10 | | Sec. 659.2532. TRANSFER WITHIN AGENCY BETWEEN CLASSIFIED |
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| 11 | 11 | | POSITIONS WITH SAME POSITION TITLE WHEN EMPLOYEE IS COMPETITIVELY |
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| 12 | 12 | | SELECTED. (a) In this section, "classified position" means a |
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| 13 | 13 | | position classified under the state's position classification |
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| 14 | 14 | | plan. |
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| 15 | 15 | | (b) A state employee's annual salary rate immediately after |
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| 16 | 16 | | a transfer may be set at any rate in the appropriate salary group if |
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| 17 | 17 | | the employee: |
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| 18 | 18 | | (1) transfers within a state agency between two |
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| 19 | 19 | | classified positions that: |
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| 20 | 20 | | (A) are allocated to the same salary group; and |
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| 21 | 21 | | (B) have the same position title as listed in the |
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| 22 | 22 | | General Appropriations Act; |
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| 23 | 23 | | (2) transfers to a position for which the employment |
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| 24 | 24 | | opening is publicly listed in accordance with Chapter 656; |
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| 25 | 25 | | (3) voluntarily applies for the position to which the |
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| 26 | 26 | | employee transfers; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | (4) agrees to accept the position to which the |
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| 28 | 28 | | employee transfers at the publicly listed salary. |
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| 29 | 29 | | SECTION 2. Section 659.2532, Government Code, as added by |
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| 30 | 30 | | this Act, applies only to a transfer of position that takes effect |
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| 31 | 31 | | on or after September 1, 2023. A transfer of position that takes |
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| 32 | 32 | | effect before September 1, 2023, is governed by the law in effect on |
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| 33 | 33 | | the effective date of the transfer, and the former law is continued |
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| 34 | 34 | | in effect for that purpose. |
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| 35 | 35 | | SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 36 | 36 | | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 37 | 37 | | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 38 | 38 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2157 was passed by the House on April |
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| 39 | 39 | | 20, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 143, Nays 3, 2 present, not |
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| 40 | 40 | | voting. |
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| 41 | 41 | | ______________________________ |
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| 42 | 42 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 43 | 43 | | I certify that H.B. No. 2157 was passed by the Senate on May |
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| 44 | 44 | | 19, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 31, Nays 0. |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 47 | 47 | | APPROVED: _____________________ |
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| 48 | 48 | | Date |
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| 49 | 49 | | _____________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Governor |
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