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TX Govt Code § 616.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 616 - Emergency Interim Public Office Succession|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 616.003. Disputes

Sec. 616.003.  DISPUTES.  (a)  A dispute of fact under this chapter that relates to an office in the executive branch of state government, except a dispute of fact relating to the governor, shall be resolved by the governor or other official authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the governor.(b)  A decision made by the governor or the official under this section is final.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 616.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 616 - Emergency Interim Public Office Succession|Subchapter B. Emergency Interim Successors|Section 616.021. Powers and Duties of Emergency Interim Successor

Sec. 616.021.  POWERS AND DUTIES OF EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSOR.  (a)  The powers and duties of an office of the state or of a political subdivision may be exercised by an emergency interim successor under this chapter only if there has been an attack or series of attacks on the United States by an enemy of the United States that causes or may cause substantial damage or injury to civilian property or individuals in the United States by:(1)  sabotage;(2)  the use of bombs, missiles, shell fire, or atomic, radiological, chemical, bacteriological, or biological means;  or(3)  the use of other weapons or processes.(b)  The designated emergency interim successor to an officer of the state or of a political subdivision, in the order specified, shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the office if:(1)  the officer and the officer's deputy are absent or unable to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the office;  or(2)  the office is vacant and a deputy is not authorized to perform the duties of the office.(c)  The emergency interim successor to a state officer shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the office until:(1)  the governor or other official authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the governor appoints a successor to fill the vacancy;(2)  a successor is otherwise appointed or elected and qualifies;  or(3)  the officer, the officer's deputy, or a preceding named emergency interim successor is available to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the office.(d)  The emergency interim successor to an officer of a political subdivision shall exercise the powers and perform the duties of the office until:(1)  the vacancy is filled;  or(2)  the officer, the officer's deputy, or a preceding emergency interim successor is available to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the office.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 616.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 616 - Emergency Interim Public Office Succession|Subchapter B. Emergency Interim Successors|Section 616.022. Designation of Emergency Interim Successor to State or Political Subdivision Officer

Sec. 616.022.  DESIGNATION OF EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSOR TO STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OFFICER.  (a)  An officer of the state or of a political subdivision shall:(1)  designate by title emergency interim successors, if the officer is a state officer;(2)  designate by title or, if designation by title is not feasible, by name emergency interim successors, if the officer is an officer of a political subdivision;(3)  specify the order of succession;  and(4)  review and revise, as necessary, the designations to ensure their current status.(b)  The officer shall designate a sufficient number of emergency interim successors, in addition to deputies authorized by law to exercise the powers and perform the duties of the office, so that there is a total of at least three and not more than seven emergency interim successors and deputies.(c)  The governor or an official authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties of governor may adopt regulations governing designations made by state officers under this section.(d)  The chief executive of a political subdivision may adopt regulations governing designations made by officers of the subdivision under this section.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 616.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 616 - Emergency Interim Public Office Succession|Subchapter B. Emergency Interim Successors|Section 616.023. Designation of Emergency Interim Successor to Local Officer

Sec. 616.023.  DESIGNATION OF EMERGENCY INTERIM SUCCESSOR TO LOCAL OFFICER.  (a)  This section applies only to a local office for which the governing body of the local governmental entity may determine by ordinance or resolution the manner in which a vacancy is filled or temporary appointment is made.(b)  The governing body of the local governmental entity may enact a resolution or an ordinance providing for the designation under this chapter of emergency interim successors to local officers.(c)  In this section, "local governmental entity" includes a municipality or county.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 616.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 616 - Emergency Interim Public Office Succession|Subchapter B. Emergency Interim Successors|Section 616.024. Term of Designation

Sec. 616.024.  TERM OF DESIGNATION.  The designation of an individual as an emergency interim successor continues at the pleasure of the designating authority and may be terminated with or without cause until the individual is authorized to exercise the powers and perform the duties of office in accordance with this chapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 616.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 616 - Emergency Interim Public Office Succession|Subchapter B. Emergency Interim Successors|Section 616.025. Oath; Bond

Sec. 616.025.  OATH;  BOND.  (a)  An emergency interim successor at the time of designation shall take the oath required to exercise the powers and perform the duties of office.(b)  An individual, before exercising the powers or performing the duties of an office to which that individual succeeds, shall comply with the law relating to taking office, including provisions for a bond and an oath.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 616.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle A - Provisions Generally Applicable to Public Officers and Employees|Chapter 616 - Emergency Interim Public Office Succession|Subchapter B. Emergency Interim Successors|Section 616.026. Termination of Powers and Duties by Legislature

Sec. 616.026.  TERMINATION OF POWERS AND DUTIES BY LEGISLATURE.  The legislature, by concurrent resolution, may terminate the authority of emergency interim successors to exercise the powers and perform the duties of office.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 652.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 652 - Vacancies|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 652.001. Term of Appointment to Vacancy

Sec. 652.001.  TERM OF APPOINTMENT TO VACANCY.  An appointment made by the governor to a vacancy in the office of a commissioner, commission, or board created by law is for the unexpired term, unless otherwise provided by law.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 652.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 652 - Vacancies|Subchapter B. Prohibitions on Filling Vacancies|Section 652.021. Scope of Subchapter

Sec. 652.021.  SCOPE OF SUBCHAPTER.  (a)  This subchapter applies to a vacancy in a state or district office that is to be filled by appointment by the governor.(b)  For purposes of this subchapter, the expiration of a state or district officer's term of office creates a vacancy in the office.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 652.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 652 - Vacancies|Subchapter B. Prohibitions on Filling Vacancies|Section 652.022. Definition

Sec. 652.022.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "transition period" means the period beginning on November 1 preceding the day of a general election for the office of governor and ending on the day the individual elected governor, or the individual's successor if the individual elected governor is unable to serve, takes office as governor.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 652.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 652 - Vacancies|Subchapter B. Prohibitions on Filling Vacancies|Section 652.023. Prohibition Against Filling Certain Vacancies

Sec. 652.023.  PROHIBITION AGAINST FILLING CERTAIN VACANCIES.  An incumbent governor may not, during the transition period, appoint an individual to fill a vacancy that occurred before the beginning of the transition period.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 652.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 652 - Vacancies|Subchapter B. Prohibitions on Filling Vacancies|Section 652.024. Exceptions

Sec. 652.024.  EXCEPTIONS.  Section 652.023 does not apply to:(1)  an incumbent governor if the secretary of state proclaims that, according to the secretary's count of returns from the general election, the governor is reelected;  or(2)  a vacancy that:(A)  first occurs after October 1 preceding the transition period and before the transition period begins;(B)  is caused by the death of the officeholder;  and(C)  would not have occurred during the period described by Paragraph (A) by the expiration of the officeholder's term of office.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 652.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 652 - Vacancies|Subchapter B. Prohibitions on Filling Vacancies|Section 652.025. Appointment Void

Sec. 652.025.  APPOINTMENT VOID.  An appointment made in violation of Section 652.023 is void.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 652.026 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 652 - Vacancies|Subchapter B. Prohibitions on Filling Vacancies|Section 652.026. Vacancy During Transition Period

Sec. 652.026.  VACANCY DURING TRANSITION PERIOD.  (a)  If a vacancy first occurs during the transition period, the incumbent governor may appoint an individual to fill the vacancy only for a partial term expiring February 1 following the occurrence of the vacancy.(b)  This section does not apply to:(1)  a vacancy for which Article V of the Texas Constitution prescribes a different term;  or(2)  an appointee of an incumbent governor if the secretary of state proclaims that, according to the secretary's count of the returns from the general election, the governor is reelected.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 654.001. Short Title

Sec. 654.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Position Classification Act.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.002 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 654.002. Position Classification Plan

Sec. 654.002.  POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN.  In this chapter, the position classification plan is the Texas Position Classification Plan, 1961, that was filed with the governor, as changed under this chapter, and that provides the salary structure for specified state employments.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter B. Position Classification Plan|Section 654.011. Application of Position Classification Plan

Sec. 654.011.  APPLICATION OF POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN.  (a)  The position classification plan and the salary rates and provisions in the General Appropriations Act apply to all hourly, part-time, temporary, and regular, full-time salaried employments in the state departments, agencies, or judicial entities specified in the articles of the General Appropriations Act that appropriate money to:(1)  general government agencies;(2)  health and human services agencies;(3)  the judiciary, except for judges, district attorneys, and assistant district attorneys;(4)  public safety and criminal justice agencies;(5)  natural resources agencies;(6)  business and economic development agencies;(7)  regulatory agencies;  and(8)  agencies of public education, but only the Texas Education Agency, the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired, the State Board for Educator Certification, and the Texas School for the Deaf.(b)  Except as provided by this chapter, the position classification plan and the salary rates and provisions in the General Appropriations Act apply to all hourly, part-time, temporary, and regular, full-time salaried employments in executive and administrative agencies of the state without regard to whether the money of the agency is kept in the state treasury.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 6.19, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1140, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 831 (H.B. 735), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2008.|
TX Govt Code § 654.012 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter B. Position Classification Plan|Section 654.012. Exceptions From Position Classification Plan

Sec. 654.012.  EXCEPTIONS FROM POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN.  The position classification plan does not apply to:(1)  a constitutional officer or official;(2)  an elected officer or official;(3)  an officer appointed by the governor;(4)  the chief executive of a state agency;(5)  a teacher in a public school, special school of the state, or state institution of higher education;(6)  personnel in state institutions of higher education;(7)  a professional compensated for services on a fee basis;  and(8)  an employment excluded from the plan:(A)  by executive order of the governor;  or(B)  at the direction of the legislature.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1140, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 654.0125 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter B. Position Classification Plan|Section 654.0125. Exemption of Positions by Governor

Sec. 654.0125.  EXEMPTION OF POSITIONS BY GOVERNOR.  (a)  Appropriated money may not be used to pay the salary of a person in a position exempted from the position classification plan by the governor under Section 654.012(8)(A) unless the position is a bona fide new position established to accomplish duties related to programs or functions that were not anticipated, and for that reason not funded, under the General Appropriations Act.(b)  A new position may not be created under Section 654.012(8)(A) for the sole purpose of adjusting the salary of an existing position.(c)  The governor's exemption of a position from the position classification plan under Section 654.012(8)(A) must contain a certification that the exemption is for a bona fide new position.  The comptroller may not pay compensation for the position until formal notification of the action of the governor to exempt the position is filed with the classification officer and the Legislative Budget Board.(d)  A position exempted by the governor under Section 654.012(8)(A) in the first year of a state fiscal biennium may continue into the second year.  The salary rate established for the position may be adjusted for the second year of the biennium by a rate not to exceed the rate by which the salary schedule for classified positions in the General Appropriations Act is adjusted from the first to the second year of the biennium.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 654.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter B. Position Classification Plan|Section 654.013. Deferral From Position Classification Plan

Sec. 654.013.  DEFERRAL FROM POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN.  Nonacademic employments in state institutions of higher education are deferred from the application of the position classification plan until the governor orders or the legislature directs otherwise.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter B. Position Classification Plan|Section 654.014. Appointments to Conform With Position Classification Plan and General Appropriations Act

Sec. 654.014.  APPOINTMENTS TO CONFORM WITH POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN AND GENERAL APPROPRIATIONS ACT.  (a)  Each employment to which this subchapter applies shall conform to:(1)  the classes of work described in the position classification plan;(2)  the titles authorized by the plan;  and(3)  the salary rates and provisions in the General Appropriations Act.(b)  Each state agency or other state entity subject to this chapter may determine, at the time an individual is initially employed by the entity in a classified position, the individual's salary rate within the applicable salary group for the individual's classified position.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 654.015 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter B. Position Classification Plan|Section 654.015. Qualification Guidelines and Specifications in Position Classification Plan

Sec. 654.015.  QUALIFICATION GUIDELINES AND SPECIFICATIONS IN POSITION CLASSIFICATION PLAN.  General qualification guidelines in the position classification plan, including specifications for experience, training, education, knowledge, skills, abilities, and physical conditions:(1)  are only meant to represent the qualifications commonly wanted by employing officers of the state;  and(2)  do not have the force of law.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1140, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 654.0155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter B. Position Classification Plan|Section 654.0155. Periodic Review of Positions

Sec. 654.0155.  PERIODIC REVIEW OF POSITIONS.  To ensure that each position is properly classified, each employing state entity subject to this chapter:(1)  shall annually review individual job assignments within the entity;  and(2)  may perform a monthly review of job assignments.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 654.0156 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter B. Position Classification Plan|Section 654.0156. Reclassification

Sec. 654.0156.  RECLASSIFICATION.  (a)  An employing state entity subject to this chapter may reclassify a position to another title in the position classification plan:(1)  in response to a classification review;  or(2)  as a result of a program reorganization by the administrative head of the employing state entity.(b)  The sole purpose of a reclassification is to properly classify a position and define its duties under this chapter based on the duties currently performed by an employee holding the reclassified position.  A reclassification therefore does not indicate that the employee's assigned duties should or will be changed.(c)  A reclassification may take effect at any time.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 654.016 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter B. Position Classification Plan|Section 654.016. New Class or Kind of Work

Sec. 654.016.  NEW CLASS OR KIND OF WORK.  (a)  A governing board or a chief executive of an agency needing to employ a person in a class or kind of work that is subject to but not described in the position classification plan shall notify the classification officer of the situation.(b)  The classification officer shall, to permit the needed employment, promptly:(1)  include the employment in an existing class description of work or provide a new class description of work for the employment;  and(2)  set a salary range for the class.(c)  The classification officer shall notify the comptroller of the actions.(d)  An action of the classification officer under this section is subject to:(1)  any limitation established for the agency in the General Appropriations Act, including limitations on the number of positions and amount of appropriations;  and(2)  the approval of the state auditor with advice from the Legislative Audit Committee.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 654.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 654 - Position Classification|Subchapter C. Classification Officer|Section 654.031. Position of Classification Officer

Sec. 654.031.  POSITION OF CLASSIFICATION OFFICER.  The position of classification officer is in the office of the state auditor.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|