| 1 | 1 | | By: Walle (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 4579 |
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| 2 | 2 | | (In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023; |
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| 3 | 3 | | May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business & |
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| 4 | 4 | | Commerce; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote: |
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| 5 | 5 | | Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.) |
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| 6 | 6 | | Click here to see the committee vote |
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| 9 | 9 | | COMMITTEE VOTE |
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| 22 | 22 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 23 | 23 | | AN ACT |
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| 24 | 24 | | relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state |
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| 25 | 25 | | agencies. |
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| 26 | 26 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 27 | 27 | | SECTION 1. Section 659.082, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 28 | 28 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 29 | 29 | | (c) A state agency listed in Subsection (a) may elect to pay |
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| 30 | 30 | | employment compensation twice a month to an employee who holds a |
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| 31 | 31 | | position classified in salary group A12, A13, A14, A15, A16, or A17 |
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| 32 | 32 | | under classification salary Schedule A in the General |
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| 33 | 33 | | Appropriations Act. A state agency that elects to pay employment |
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| 34 | 34 | | compensation twice a month under this subsection must satisfy the |
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| 35 | 35 | | comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation |
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| 36 | 36 | | twice a month. |
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| 37 | 37 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 38 | 38 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 39 | 39 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 40 | 40 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 41 | 41 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2023. |
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| 42 | 42 | | * * * * * |
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