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| 5 | 7 | | A BILL TO BE ENTITLED |
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| 6 | 8 | | AN ACT |
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| 7 | 9 | | relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state |
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| 8 | 10 | | agencies. |
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| 9 | 11 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: |
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| 10 | 12 | | SECTION 1. Section 659.082, Government Code, is amended by |
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| 11 | 13 | | adding Subsection (c) to read as follows: |
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| 12 | 14 | | (c) A state agency listed in Subsection (a) may elect to pay |
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| 13 | 15 | | employment compensation twice a month to an employee who holds a |
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| 14 | 16 | | position classified in salary group A12, A13, A14, A15, A16, or A17 |
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| 15 | 17 | | under classification salary Schedule A in the General |
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| 16 | 18 | | Appropriations Act. A state agency that elects to pay employment |
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| 17 | 19 | | compensation twice a month under this subsection must satisfy the |
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| 18 | 20 | | comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation |
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| 19 | 21 | | twice a month. |
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| 20 | 22 | | SECTION 2. This Act takes effect immediately if it receives |
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| 21 | 23 | | a vote of two-thirds of all the members elected to each house, as |
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| 22 | 24 | | provided by Section 39, Article III, Texas Constitution. If this |
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| 23 | 25 | | Act does not receive the vote necessary for immediate effect, this |
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| 24 | 26 | | Act takes effect September 1, 2025. |
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