Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1326 Compare Versions

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1	1	By: Vasut H.B. No. 1326
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6	6	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
7	7	AN ACT
8	8	relating to the frequency of pay for state employees.
9	9	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
10	10	SECTION 1. Sections 659.081, 659.082, and 659.083,
11	11	Government Code, are amended to read as follows:
12	12	Sec. 659.081. PAYMENT ONCE A MONTH. Except as provided by
13	13	this subchapter or the General Appropriations Act, annual salaries
14	14	for state officers [and employees] shall be paid once a month.
15	15	Sec. 659.082. PAYMENT TWICE A MONTH. (a) A state [An]
16	16	employee shall [is entitled to] be paid employment compensation
17	17	twice a month [if:
18	18	(1) the employee is employed by:
19	19	(A) the Texas Department of Mental Health and
20	20	Mental Retardation;
21	21	(B) the Texas Department of Transportation;
22	22	(C) the Texas Department of Human Services;
23	23	(D) the Texas Workforce Commission;
24	24	(E) the Department of Public Safety; or
25	25	(F) any other state agency designated by the
26	26	comptroller;
27	27	(2) the employee holds a classified position under the
28	28	state's position classification plan;
29	29	(3) the employee's position is classified below salary
30	30	group Al2 under classification salary Schedule A in the General
31	31	Appropriations Act;
32	32	(4) the employing state agency satisfies the
33	33	comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation
34	34	twice a month; and
35	35	(5) at least 30 percent of the eligible employees of
36	36	the agency choose to be paid twice a month.
37	37	(b) Employees of an institution of higher education as
38	38	defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, may be paid twice a month
39	39	at the election of the employing institution of higher education].
40	40	Sec. 659.083. PAYDAY. (a) Except as provided by Subsection
41	41	(b), the comptroller may not pay the salary of a state officer or
42	42	employee before the first working day of the month following the
43	43	payroll period.
44	44	(b) The comptroller shall pay a state [an] employee [who is
45	45	paid twice a month under Section 659.082] on:
46	46	(1) the first working day of the month following the
47	47	payroll period that covers the last half of the preceding month; and
48	48	(2) the 15th day of the month or the first working day
49	49	after the 15th for the payroll period that covers the first half of
50	50	the month.
51	51	(c) In this section, "working day" means a day other than
52	52	Saturday, Sunday, or a national holiday as listed in the General
53	53	Appropriations Act or Chapter 662. A day does not cease to be a
54	54	national holiday because a state agency maintains or is required to
55	55	maintain a minimum working staff on the holiday.
56	56	SECTION 2. Sections 659.081, 659.082, and 659.083,
57	57	Government Code, as amended by this Act, apply only to compensation
58	58	due for services rendered on or after September 1, 2025. Employment
59	59	compensation due for services rendered prior September 1, 2025, is
60	60	governed by the law in effect on the date the services were
61	61	rendered, and the former law is continued in effect for that
62	62	purpose.
63	63	SECTION 3. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.