By: Walle (Senate Sponsor - Hughes) H.B. No. 4579
(In the Senate - Received from the House May 8, 2023;
May 10, 2023, read first time and referred to Committee on Business &
Commerce; May 21, 2023, reported favorably by the following vote:
Yeas 11, Nays 0; May 21, 2023, sent to printer.)
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COMMITTEE VOTE
YeaNayAbsentPNV
SchwertnerX
KingX
BirdwellX
CampbellX
CreightonX
JohnsonX
KolkhorstX
MenéndezX
MiddletonX
NicholsX
ZaffiriniX
A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state
agencies.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
SECTION 1. Section 659.082, Government Code, is amended by
adding Subsection (c) to read as follows:
(c) A state agency listed in Subsection (a) may elect to pay
employment compensation twice a month to an employee who holds a
position classified in salary group A12, A13, A14, A15, A16, or A17
under classification salary Schedule A in the General
Appropriations Act. A state agency that elects to pay employment
compensation twice a month under this subsection must satisfy the
comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation
twice a month.
SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives
a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as
provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this
Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this
Act takes effect September 1, 2023.
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