Texas 2025 - 89th Regular

Texas House Bill HB1659 Compare Versions

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1	1	89R3440 JBD-F
2	2	By: Vasut H.B. No. 1659
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7	7	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
8	8	AN ACT
9	9	relating to the payment of employment compensation to state
10	10	employees.
11	11	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
12	12	SECTION 1. Section 659.081, Government Code, is amended to
13	13	read as follows:
14	14	Sec. 659.081. STATE OFFICERS: PAYMENT ONCE A MONTH. Except
15	15	as provided by [this subchapter or] the General Appropriations Act,
16	16	annual salaries for state officers [and employees] shall be paid
17	17	once a month.
18	18	SECTION 2. Section 659.082, Government Code, is amended to
19	19	read as follows:
20	20	Sec. 659.082. STATE EMPLOYEES: PAYMENT TWICE A MONTH.
21	21	Except as provided by the General Appropriations Act, annual
22	22	salaries for state employees shall [(a) An employee is entitled to]
23	23	be paid [employment compensation] twice a month [if:
24	24	[(1) the employee is employed by:
25	25	[(A) the Texas Department of Mental Health and
26	26	Mental Retardation;
27	27	[(B) the Texas Department of Transportation;
28	28	[(C) the Texas Department of Human Services;
29	29	[(D) the Texas Workforce Commission;
30	30	[(E) the Department of Public Safety; or
31	31	[(F) any other state agency designated by the
32	32	comptroller;
33	33	[(2) the employee holds a classified position under the
34	34	state's position classification plan;
35	35	[(3) the employee's position is classified below salary
36	36	group A12 under classification salary Schedule A in the General
37	37	Appropriations Act;
38	38	[(4) the employing state agency satisfies the
39	39	comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation
40	40	twice a month; and
41	41	[(5) at least 30 percent of the eligible employees of
42	42	the agency choose to be paid twice a month].
43	43	[(b) Employees of an institution of higher education as
44	44	defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, may be paid twice a month
45	45	at the election of the employing institution of higher education.]
46	46	SECTION 3. Sections 659.083(a) and (b), Government Code,
47	47	are amended to read as follows:
48	48	(a) The [Except as provided by Subsection (b), the]
49	49	comptroller may not pay the salary of a state officer [or employee]
50	50	before the first working day of the month following the payroll
51	51	period.
52	52	(b) The comptroller may not pay the salary of a state
53	53	employee before [shall pay an employee who is paid twice a month
54	54	under Section 659.082 on]:
55	55	(1) the first working day of the month following the
56	56	payroll period that covers the last half of the preceding month; and
57	57	(2) the 15th day of the month or the first working day
58	58	after the 15th for the payroll period that covers the first half of
59	59	the month.
60	60	SECTION 4. Section 659.084, Government Code, is amended to
61	61	read as follows:
62	62	Sec. 659.084. ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER. Salaries for
63	63	state officers and employees [paid once a month] shall be paid
64	64	through electronic funds transfer under Section 403.016 unless paid
65	65	on warrant as permitted under that section.
66	66	SECTION 5. Section 659.085(d), Government Code, is amended
67	67	to read as follows:
68	68	(d) An agency that may contract with its employees for
69	69	employment for less than a 12-month period may make equal [monthly]
70	70	salary payments under the contract during the contract period or
71	71	during the fiscal year in accordance with the General
72	72	Appropriations Act and equitable rules adopted by the comptroller,
73	73	provided that the salary payments are made twice a month to the
74	74	employees.
75	75	SECTION 6. Section 825.405(c), Government Code, is amended
76	76	to read as follows:
77	77	(c) Monthly, employers shall:
78	78	(1) report to the retirement system in a form
79	79	prescribed by the system a certification of the total amount of
80	80	salary paid above the statutory minimum salary and the total amount
81	81	of employer contributions due under this section for the [payroll]
82	82	period covered by the report; and
83	83	(2) retain information, as determined by the
84	84	retirement system, sufficient to allow administration of this
85	85	section, including information for each employee showing the
86	86	applicable minimum salary as well as aggregate annual compensation.
87	87	SECTION 7. Section 825.407(c), Government Code, is amended
88	88	to read as follows:
89	89	(c) The designated disbursing officer of each general
90	90	academic teaching institution and the designated disbursing
91	91	officer of each medical and dental unit shall:
92	92	(1) submit to the retirement system, at a time and in
93	93	the manner prescribed by the retirement system, a monthly report
94	94	containing a certification of the total amount of salary paid from
95	95	noneducational and general funds and the total amount of employer
96	96	contributions due under this section for the [payroll] period
97	97	covered by the report; and
98	98	(2) maintain and retain the following information:
99	99	(A) the name of each member employed by the
100	100	institution or unit who, for the [most recent payroll] period
101	101	covered by the report, was paid wholly or partly from
102	102	noneducational and general funds;
103	103	(B) the amount of the employee's salary for the
104	104	[most recent payroll] period covered by the report that was paid
105	105	from noneducational and general funds; and
106	106	(C) any other information the retirement system
107	107	determines is necessary to administer this section.
108	108	SECTION 8. Section 825.4071(c), Government Code, is amended
109	109	to read as follows:
110	110	(c) The designated disbursing officer of each public junior
111	111	college and each public junior college district shall:
112	112	(1) submit to the retirement system, at a time and in
113	113	the manner prescribed by the retirement system, a monthly report
114	114	containing a certification that includes:
115	115	(A) the total amount of compensation paid;
116	116	(B) the total amount of employer contributions
117	117	due under this section for the [payroll] period covered by the
118	118	report; and
119	119	(C) any other information the retirement system
120	120	determines is necessary to administer this section; and
121	121	(2) maintain and retain the following information:
122	122	(A) the name of each member employed by the
123	123	public junior college or public junior college district;
124	124	(B) the amount of the member's salary for the
125	125	[most recent payroll] period covered by the report;
126	126	(C) whether the member is a qualifying employee
127	127	under Section 825.404(a-1)(1); and
128	128	(D) any other information the retirement system
129	129	determines is necessary to administer this section.
130	130	SECTION 9. A state agency may adopt rules to implement this
131	131	Act.
132	132	SECTION 10. The changes in law made by this Act apply only
133	133	to the payment of compensation to a state employee for services
134	134	provided by the employee on or after September 1, 2025. The payment
135	135	of compensation to a state employee for services provided by the
136	136	employee before September 1, 2025, is governed by the law in effect
137	137	on the date the employee provided the services, and the former law
138	138	is continued in effect for that purpose.
139	139	SECTION 11. This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.