TITLE: Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.

SUMMARY: Relating to the payment of employment compensation by certain state agencies.

FULL TEXT:
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.