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TX Govt Code § 659.257 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter K. Promotions, Reclassifications, and Other Adjustments to Salary|Section 659.257. Demotions

Sec. 659.257.  DEMOTIONS.  (a)  This section applies only to positions classified under the state's position classification plan.(b)  A demotion is an employee's change in duty assignment within a state agency from one classified position to another classified position that is in a salary group with a lower minimum salary rate.(c)  When an employee is demoted to a position in a lower salary group in Salary Schedule A of the General Appropriations Act, the employee will receive a salary rate at least one step below the rate the employee received before demotion.  When an employee is demoted from a position in Salary Schedule B or C of the General Appropriations Act to a position in Salary Schedule A of the General Appropriations Act, the employee shall receive a step rate that is at least 3.4 percent below the rate the employee received before demotion.(d)  When an employee is demoted within Salary Schedule B of the General Appropriations Act or from Salary Schedule A or C of the General Appropriations Act to Salary Schedule B of the General Appropriations Act, the employee will receive a salary rate of at least 3.4 percent below the rate the employee received before demotion.(e)  When an employee is demoted to a position in a lower salary group in Salary Schedule C of the General Appropriations Act or from Salary Schedule A or B of the General Appropriations Act to Salary Schedule C of the General Appropriations Act, the employee will receive the rate set in the schedule for that salary group.(f)  As exceptions to the other provisions in this section, an agency is not required to reduce an employee's salary if:(1)  the employee accepts a position in another classification in a lower salary group in lieu of a layoff under a reduction in force;  or(2)  the employee is selected for another position in a classification in a lower salary group as a result of applying for the position.(g)  An employee demoted in the manner described by Subsection (f) may not receive a salary rate that exceeds the maximum rate of the lower salary group.  In addition, an employee demoted as described by Subsection (f)(1) may not receive a salary rate that exceeds the employee's salary rate before the demotion.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 659.258 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter K. Promotions, Reclassifications, and Other Adjustments to Salary|Section 659.258. Salary Reduction for Disciplinary Reasons

Sec. 659.258.  SALARY REDUCTION FOR DISCIPLINARY REASONS.  (a)  This section applies only to positions classified under the state's position classification plan.(b)  The administrative head of a state agency may reduce an employee's salary for disciplinary reasons, if warranted by the employee's performance, to a rate in the employee's designated salary group not lower than the minimum rate.  The agency may, as the employee's performance improves, restore the employee's pay to any rate that does not exceed the employee's prior salary rate without accounting for the restoration as a merit salary increase.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 659.259 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter K. Promotions, Reclassifications, and Other Adjustments to Salary|Section 659.259. Salary Limited to Maximum Group Rate

Sec. 659.259.  SALARY LIMITED TO MAXIMUM GROUP RATE.  (a)  This section applies only to positions classified under the state's position classification plan.(b)  A salary adjustment authorized by this subchapter may not result in an employee's receiving an annual salary that exceeds the maximum rate of the salary group to which the employee's position is allocated.(c)  Employees who are paid above the maximum of their job class' designated salary group on August 1, 1999, will be allowed to maintain their salaries.  However, in no case may they be allowed to receive additional salary increases, including across-the-board increases and merit increases, including one-time merit payments, until the salary maximum for their designated salary group encompasses their salary.  These employees must be paid in the salary range if they are promoted, demoted, or reclassified.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 659.260 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter K. Promotions, Reclassifications, and Other Adjustments to Salary|Section 659.260. Temporary Assignment

Sec. 659.260.  TEMPORARY ASSIGNMENT.  (a)  To facilitate a state agency's work during an emergency or other special circumstance, an employee may be temporarily assigned to other duties for a period not to exceed six months.  The employee is entitled to receive during the period of reassignment at least the same rate of pay that the employee received immediately before the reassignment.  An employee may not be temporarily assigned under this subsection to a position classified in a salary group with a lower minimum salary rate.(b)  An employee may not be assigned temporary duties under this section for more than six months during a twelve-month period.(c)  An employee temporarily designated to act as the administrative head of a state agency may continue to receive a salary for a classified position in an amount not to exceed the amount established by the General Appropriations Act for the administrative head of the agency.(d)  While the employee is temporarily assigned under this section, the state agency may not:(1)  award a merit salary increase to the employee;  or(2)  promote or demote the employee.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 36, eff. Sept. 1, 2001;  Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, Sec. 41, eff. June 20, 2003.|
TX Govt Code § 659.261 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter K. Promotions, Reclassifications, and Other Adjustments to Salary|Section 659.261. Salary Cap

Sec. 659.261.  SALARY CAP.  (a)  The maximum amount a state agency spends for merit salary increases in and promotions to classified positions during a fiscal year may not exceed, without the written approval of the budget division of the governor's office and the Legislative Budget Board, the amount computed by multiplying the total amount spent by the agency in the preceding fiscal year for classified salaries times the percentage set by the General Appropriations Act for purposes of this computation.(b)  The maximum amount that may be spent for merit salary increases in and promotions to classified positions shall be computed separately for each year of the state fiscal biennium.  Merit salary increases and promotions awarded in the first fiscal year of a biennium do not count against the maximum amount that may be spent for those increases in the second fiscal year of that biennium.(c)  Money spent to pay a salary increase for an employee who is promoted to a classified position title counts against the limitation prescribed by this section only if, as a result of the promotion, the number of agency employees in that position title exceeds the maximum number of agency employees who have been in that position title at any time during the preceding six-month period.(d)  A request to exceed the limitation prescribed by this section must be submitted by the governing body of the agency, or by the head of the agency if the agency is not governed by a multimember governing body, and must include at least:(1)  the date on which the governing body or the head of the agency approved the request;(2)  a statement justifying the need to exceed the limitation;  and(3)  the source of funds to be used to pay the salary increases.(e)  The comptroller shall prescribe accounting and reporting procedures necessary to ensure that the amount spent for merit salary increases and promotions does not exceed the limitations established by this section.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 659.263 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter K. Promotions, Reclassifications, and Other Adjustments to Salary|Section 659.263. Administration

Sec. 659.263.  ADMINISTRATION.  The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, Sec. 42, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.Renumbered from Government Code, Section 659.262 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 23.001(36), eff. September 1, 2005.|
TX Govt Code § 659.301 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter L. Hazardous Duty Pay|Section 659.301. Definitions

Sec. 659.301.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Full-time state employee" means a state employee who normally works at least 40 hours each week.(2)  "Hazardous duty position" means a position in the service of this state that:(A)  renders any individual holding that position a state employee;  or(B)  requires the performance of hazardous duty.(3)  "Institution of higher education" has the meaning assigned by Section 61.003, Education Code.(4)  "Part-time state employee" means a state employee who is not a full-time state employee.(5)  "State employee" means an individual who:(A)  is a commissioned law enforcement officer of the Department of Public Safety, the Texas Facilities Commission, the Texas Alcoholic Beverage Commission, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the attorney general, or the insurance fraud unit of the Texas Department of Insurance;(B)  is a commissioned security officer of the comptroller;(C)  is a law enforcement officer commissioned by the Parks and Wildlife Commission;(D)  is a commissioned peace officer of an institution of higher education;(E)  is an employee or official of the Board of Pardons and Paroles or the parole division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice if the employee or official has routine direct contact with inmates of any penal or correctional institution or with administratively released prisoners subject to the board's jurisdiction;(F)  has been certified to the Employees Retirement System of Texas under Section 815.505 as having begun employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial officer, unless the individual has been certified to the system as having ceased employment as a law enforcement officer or custodial officer;(G)  before May 29, 1987, received hazardous duty pay based on the terms of any state law if the individual holds a position designated under that law as eligible for the pay; or(H)  is a security officer employed by the Texas Military Department.(6)  "Workday" means any day that is not a Saturday, a Sunday, or a state or national holiday under Section 662.003.  The term includes a state or national holiday that the General Appropriations Act prohibits state agencies from observing.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.079, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1055 (H.B. 2037), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 86 (S.B. 1598), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (H.B. 2816), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 659.302 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter L. Hazardous Duty Pay|Section 659.302. Entitlement to Receive Hazardous Duty Pay

Sec. 659.302.  ENTITLEMENT TO RECEIVE HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.  (a)  Hazardous duty pay is included in the compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a month if the individual:(1)  is a state employee for any portion of the first workday of the month;  and(2)  has completed at least 12 months of lifetime service credit not later than the last day of the preceding month.(b)  This section does not apply to an employee of the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 105, eff. September 1, 2015.|
TX Govt Code § 659.303 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter L. Hazardous Duty Pay|Section 659.303. Texas Juvenile Justice Department Employees

Sec. 659.303.  TEXAS JUVENILE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT EMPLOYEES.  (a)  The department may include hazardous duty pay in the compensation paid to an individual for services rendered during a month if the individual:(1)  has:(A)  routine direct contact with youth:(i)  placed in a residential facility of the department; or(ii)  released under the department's supervision; and(B) completed at least 12 months of lifetime service credit not later than the last day of the preceding month; or(2)  is an investigator, inspector general, security officer, or apprehension specialist employed by the office of the inspector general of the department.(b)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(1), an individual who is having routine direct contact with youth on any portion of the first workday of a month is considered to have routine direct contact with youth for the entire month.(c)  The department's authority under Subsection (a) is subject to any conditions or limitations in the General Appropriations Act.(d)  Except for the inclusion of hazardous duty pay in the compensation paid to an individual described by Subsection (a)(2), the department may not pay hazardous duty pay:(1)  from funds authorized for payment of an across-the-board employee salary increase; or(2)  to an employee who works at the department's central office.(e)  In this section, "department" means the Texas Juvenile Justice Department.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 106, eff. September 1, 2015.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 907 (H.B. 3689), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 659.304 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter L. Hazardous Duty Pay|Section 659.304. Ineligibility to Receive Hazardous Duty Pay

Sec. 659.304.  INELIGIBILITY TO RECEIVE HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.  Hazardous duty pay may be paid only to an individual who is:(1)  entitled to receive the pay under Section 659.302;  or(2)  eligible to receive the pay under Section 659.303.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 659.305 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter L. Hazardous Duty Pay|Section 659.305. Amount of Hazardous Duty Pay

Sec. 659.305.  AMOUNT OF HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.(a)  Except as provided by Subsections (b) and (h), the amount of a full-time state employee's hazardous duty pay for a particular month is  $10 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit accrued by the employee.(b)  This subsection applies only to a state employee whose compensation for services provided to the state during any month before August 1987 included hazardous duty pay that was based on total state service performed before May 29, 1987.  The amount of a full-time state employee's hazardous duty pay for a particular month is the sum of:(1)  $10 for each 12-month period of state service credit the employee finished accruing before May 29, 1987; and(2)  $10 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit that the employee accrued after the date, which must be before May 29, 1987, on which the employee finished accruing the last 12-month period of state service credit.(c)  Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1234, Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.(d)  For purposes of Subsections (a), (b)(2), and (h),  the number of 12-month periods of lifetime service credit that the employee has accrued must be determined as of the last day of the preceding month.(e)  A state employee is considered to be a full-time state employee for purposes of Subsection (a), (b), or (h) if the employee is a full-time state employee for any portion of the first workday of the month.(f)  The amount of a part-time state employee's hazardous duty pay is proportional to the amount of a full-time state employee's pay under Subsection (a), (b), or (h).(g)  A state employee may not receive more than $10 or $12, as applicable, for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit, regardless of:(1)  the number of positions the employee holds;  or(2)  the number of hours the employee works each week.(h)  The amount of hazardous duty pay for a particular month for a full-time correctional officer employed by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice is the lesser of:(1)  $12 for each 12-month period of lifetime service credit accrued by the employee;  or(2)  $300.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 13.06, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1234 (H.B. 2498), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1234 (H.B. 2498), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1303 (S.B. 737), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1303 (S.B. 737), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Govt Code § 659.306 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter L. Hazardous Duty Pay|Section 659.306. Responsibility for Paying Hazardous Duty Pay

Sec. 659.306.  RESPONSIBILITY FOR PAYING HAZARDOUS DUTY PAY.  The state agency that employs an individual at the beginning of the first workday of a month must pay any hazardous duty pay that is included in the compensation paid to the individual for services rendered during that month.  If the individual transfers to a second state agency during that month, the first agency remains responsible for paying the full amount of hazardous duty pay for that month.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 659.307 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter L. Hazardous Duty Pay|Section 659.307. Service Credit

Sec. 659.307.  SERVICE CREDIT.  (a)  The amount of an individual's lifetime service credit equals the number of months the individual has served in a hazardous duty position during the individual's lifetime.(b)  The amount of an individual's state service credit equals the sum of:(1)  the amount of the individual's lifetime service credit, as determined under Subsection (a);  and(2)  the number of months during the individual's lifetime that the individual has provided services to the state in a position that is not a hazardous duty position.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 659.308 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter L. Hazardous Duty Pay|Section 659.308. Administration

Sec. 659.308.  ADMINISTRATION.  The comptroller may establish procedures and adopt rules to administer this subchapter.|Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 37, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.|
TX Govt Code § 660.001 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 660.001. Short Title

Sec. 660.001.  SHORT TITLE.  This chapter may be cited as the Travel Regulations Act.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 660.003 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 660 - Travel Expenses|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 660.003. Applicability

Sec. 660.003.  APPLICABILITY.  (a)  This chapter, the General Appropriations Act, and the rules adopted by the comptroller under this chapter govern the procedures, amounts, timing, limits, required documentation, permissible payees, distinctions among different types of state employees, and all other details concerning travel expense payments or reimbursements by a state agency.(b)  Except as provided by Subsections (c) and (d), this chapter and the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act apply to a travel expense only to the extent that appropriated funds are used to pay or reimburse the expense.(c)  This chapter and the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act apply to a travel expense paid or reimbursed by the Employees Retirement System of Texas or the Teacher Retirement System of Texas, regardless of whether the funds used to make the payment or reimbursement are appropriated funds.(d)  A law outside this chapter that states that this chapter, the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act, or both, apply to a travel expense prevails over a provision to the contrary in this chapter.(e)  A state agency may pay or reimburse a travel expense only if:(1)  the expense is reasonable and necessary;(2)  the purpose of the travel clearly involves official state business and is consistent with the agency's legal authority;(3)  the expense and the travel during which the expense is incurred comply with:(A)  this chapter;(B)  the rules adopted by the comptroller under this chapter;  and(C)  the travel provisions of the General Appropriations Act;  and(4)  for travel outside the state, the travel is approved in advance in accordance with the policy of the state agency that proposes to pay or reimburse the expense.(f)  A travel expense may be paid or reimbursed according to the requirements of an applicable federal law or regulation, and this chapter does not apply to the extent necessary to avoid conflict with an applicable federal law or regulation.(g)  A state agency may pay or reimburse a travel expense for the rental, lease, or operation of aircraft only if the transportation under the rental, lease, or operation meets the criteria provided by Section 2205.036.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 280, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|