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TX Govt Code § 659.006 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 659.006. Adjustment for Inaccurate Payment

Sec. 659.006.  ADJUSTMENT FOR INACCURATE PAYMENT.  The comptroller by rule shall prescribe procedures for state agencies to follow in making adjustments to payrolls for the pay period immediately following the period in which an inaccurate payment or deduction is made or in which other error occurs.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 659.011 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.011. Salaries Set in Appropriations Act

Sec. 659.011.  SALARIES SET IN APPROPRIATIONS ACT.  The salaries of all state officers and employees are in the amounts provided by the biennial appropriations act.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 659.0125 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.0125. Salary for District Judge or Retired Judge Presiding Over Multidistrict Litigation

Sec. 659.0125.  SALARY FOR DISTRICT JUDGE OR RETIRED JUDGE PRESIDING OVER MULTIDISTRICT LITIGATION.  (a)  Notwithstanding Section 659.012 or any other law, a district judge who presides over multidistrict litigation involving claims for asbestos-related or silica-related injuries is entitled to receive, in addition to all other compensation, expenses, and perquisites authorized by law, the maximum amount of compensation set by the Texas Judicial Council for a presiding judge under Section 74.051(b).  The annual amount must be apportioned over 12 equal monthly payments and be paid to the judge by the comptroller's judiciary section for each month during which the judge retains jurisdiction over the claims.(b)  Notwithstanding any other law, supplemental compensation paid to a district judge under this section is not included as part of the district judge's total annual salary for the purpose of computing another salary that is based on the salary of the district judge.(c)  A retired judge appointed to an MDL pretrial court, as defined by Section 90.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is entitled to receive the same compensation and benefits to which a district judge is entitled from the state.  For purposes of this subsection, the compensation to which a district judge is entitled from the state is the amount equal to the state base salary paid to a district judge as set by the General Appropriations Act in accordance with Section 659.012(a).(d)  A former or retired judge or justice assigned under Chapter 74 or 75 to a matter referred to an MDL pretrial court, as defined by Section 90.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, is entitled to receive the same compensation and benefits to which a former or retired judge or justice assigned under Chapter 74 is entitled under Section 74.061.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 393 (S.B. 749), Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 2007.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (S.B. 2298), Sec. 2, eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (S.B. 2298), Sec. 3, eff. June 19, 2009.Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1353 (S.B. 497), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1121 (H.B. 2384), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Govt Code § 659.013 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.013. Statutory Salaries Suspended

Sec. 659.013.  STATUTORY SALARIES SUSPENDED.  (a)  Except as provided by this section, a law setting the salary of a state officer or employee is suspended to the extent that the law conflicts with this subchapter.(b)  The suspension does not apply to:(1)  a law specifying or regulating the salary or compensation of an officer or employee for whom the biennial appropriations act does not specify or regulate the salary or compensation;  and(2)  Chapter 654.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 659.014 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.014. Suspended Laws Continued in Effect

Sec. 659.014.  SUSPENDED LAWS CONTINUED IN EFFECT.  Those laws suspended by the operation of Section 659.013 are continued in effect, although suspended, as those laws existed September 1, 1993, including:(1)  Article 6813, Revised Statutes (setting annual salaries for named officers and employees);(2)  Chapter 277, Acts of the 40th Legislature, Regular Session, 1927 (Article 6813a, Vernon's Texas Civil Statutes) (setting and regulating the salary of members of the Railroad Commission of Texas);  and(3)  Article 6824, Revised Statutes (prohibiting an increase or decrease of salary during an officer's term of office).|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 659.0155 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.0155. Payment to Employees of Texas Department of Criminal Justice for Overtime

Sec. 659.0155.  PAYMENT TO EMPLOYEES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE FOR OVERTIME.  The Texas Department of Criminal Justice shall compensate a person employed by the department for any overtime accrued by the employee for which the employee is entitled to compensation under Section 659.015 in the same month the department compensates employees at the regular rate of pay for the period in which the employee accrued the overtime.|Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 (S.B. 909), Sec. 43, eff. June 15, 2007.|
TX Govt Code § 659.017 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.017. Overtime Compensation for Legislative Employees

Sec. 659.017.  OVERTIME COMPENSATION FOR LEGISLATIVE EMPLOYEES.  Consistent with the requirements of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), overtime pay and compensatory time off for employees of the legislative branch, including employees of the lieutenant governor, are determined:(1)  for employees of the house of representatives or the senate, by the presiding officer of the appropriate house of the legislature;(2)  for employees of an elected officeholder, by the employing officeholder;  and(3)  for employees of a legislative agency, by the administrative head of the agency.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 659.018 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.018. Compensatory Time: Place Where Work Performed

Sec. 659.018.  COMPENSATORY TIME:  PLACE WHERE WORK PERFORMED.  (a)  Except under circumstances specified in the General Appropriations Act or as provided by Subsection (b), an employee of a state agency as defined by Section 658.001 may not, for hours worked during any calendar week, accumulate compensatory time off under Section 659.015(f) or 659.016 to the extent that the hours are attributable to work performed at a location other than the employee's regular or temporarily assigned place of employment.(b)  An employee may accumulate compensatory time off for hours worked during any calendar week at the employee's personal residence if the employee obtains the advance approval of the administrative head of the agency for which the employee works or that person's designee.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1241 (S.B. 2298), Sec. 6, eff. June 19, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 659.019 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.019. Part-Time and Hourly Employment

Sec. 659.019.  PART-TIME AND HOURLY EMPLOYMENT.  (a)  In computing the salary of a part-time or hourly employee, the rate of pay must be proportional to the rate authorized by the General Appropriations Act for full-time employment in the same classified position, or if the position is not under the state's position classification plan, for full-time employment in the applicable exempt position.(b)  A part-time employee is subject to Subchapter K and to the leave without pay provisions of Section 659.085.(c)  The comptroller may adopt rules to determine the hourly rate of an employee paid on an hourly basis.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 659.020 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.020. Salary Supplementation

Sec. 659.020.  SALARY SUPPLEMENTATION.  A state employee employed by a state agency as defined by Section 658.001 whose position is classified under Chapter 654 or whose exempt position is funded by the General Appropriations Act may not receive a salary supplement from any source unless a specific grant of authority to do so is provided by the General Appropriations Act or other law.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 659.021 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.021. Administrative Head of Agency

Sec. 659.021.  ADMINISTRATIVE HEAD OF AGENCY.  The administrative head of a state agency as defined by Section 658.001 whose salary as administrative head is established by the General Appropriations Act may not receive a salary higher than that established salary, even if the administrative head performs duties assigned to a position title classified in the state's position classification plan that is assigned to a salary group that would pay a higher salary, unless the General Appropriations Act specifically provides that a higher salary may be received.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 659.022 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.022. Use of Compensatory Time Before Lapsing

Sec. 659.022.  USE OF COMPENSATORY TIME BEFORE LAPSING.  (a)  If an employee of a state agency as defined by Section 658.001 who wishes to use accrued compensatory time that is subject to lapsing submits a written request for permission to use the accrued compensatory time to the employing state agency not later than the 90th day before the date on which the accrued compensatory time will lapse, the employing state agency shall:(1)  approve in writing the employee's request;  or(2)  provide the employee with an alternate date on which the employee may use the compensatory time.(b)  The employee may request permission to use the accrued compensatory time within 90 days of the date on which it will lapse, and the employing agency is encouraged to reasonably accommodate the employee's use of the accrued compensatory time before it lapses.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.|
TX Govt Code § 659.023 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.023. Compensatory Time Policy

Sec. 659.023.  COMPENSATORY TIME POLICY.  (a)  A state agency shall notify its employees annually of the state's policy on compensatory time.(b)  A state agency shall accommodate to the extent practicable an employee's request to use accrued compensatory time.(c)  A state agency shall:(1)  provide an employee activated to military service as a member of the reserve component of the armed forces with a statement containing the balance of the employee's accrued state compensatory time;  and(2)  accommodate an employee's request to use the balance of the employee's accrued state compensatory time before the compensatory time expires.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 12, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 175, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Govt Code § 659.024 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.024. Compensatory Time for Persons Governing State Agencies

Sec. 659.024.  COMPENSATORY TIME FOR PERSONS GOVERNING STATE AGENCIES.  (a)  In this section, "state agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 658.001.(b)  This section does not apply to an employee who acts as the administrative head of a state agency, including an executive director.(c)  A member of the governing body of a state agency or a single state officer who governs a state agency may not accrue compensatory time under this subchapter or another state statute.|Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 793, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Govt Code § 659.025 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter B. Salary Amounts; Overtime and Compensatory Time|Section 659.025. Use of Compensatory Time by Certain Emergency Services Personnel; Optional Overtime Payment

Sec. 659.025.  USE OF COMPENSATORY TIME BY CERTAIN EMERGENCY SERVICES PERSONNEL; OPTIONAL OVERTIME PAYMENT.  (a)  In this section, "emergency services personnel" includes firefighters, police officers and other peace officers, emergency medical technicians, emergency management personnel, and other individuals who are required, in the course and scope of their employment, to provide services for the benefit of the general public during emergency situations.(b)  This section applies only to a state employee who is emergency services personnel, who is not subject to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.S.C. Section 201 et seq.), and who is not an employee of the legislature, including an employee of the lieutenant governor or of a legislative agency.(c)  Notwithstanding Section 659.016 or any other law, an employee to whom this section applies may be allowed to take compensatory time off during the 18-month period following the end of the workweek in which the compensatory time was accrued.(d)  Notwithstanding Section 659.016 or any other law, the administrative head of a state agency that employs an employee to whom this section applies may pay the employee overtime at the employee's regular hourly salary rate for all or part of the hours of compensatory time off accrued by the employee during a declared disaster in the preceding 18-month period.  The administrative head shall reduce the employee's compensatory time balance by one hour for each hour the employee is paid overtime under this section.|Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 534 (S.B. 1474), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1280 (H.B. 1831), Sec. 4.01, eff. September 1, 2009.|
TX Govt Code § 659.031 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter C. Per Diem|Section 659.031. Definition

Sec. 659.031.  DEFINITION.  In this subchapter, "state board" means a board, commission, committee, council, or similar agency in the executive or judicial branch of state government that is composed of two or more members.  The term does not include a board, commission, committee, council, or similar agency whose membership is elected by vote of the people.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1300, Sec. 11, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 659.032 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter C. Per Diem|Section 659.032. Per Diem Entitlement

Sec. 659.032.  PER DIEM ENTITLEMENT.  (a)  A member of a state board is entitled to a per diem in an amount set by the General Appropriations Act for the member's service on the board.(b)  This section does not apply to a member of the legislature who serves on a board by virtue of the member's office as a legislator.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 659.033 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter C. Per Diem|Section 659.033. Statutory per Diem Suspended

Sec. 659.033.  STATUTORY PER DIEM SUSPENDED.  (a)  A law setting the amount of per diem for members of a state board is suspended to the extent of conflict with this subchapter.(b)  The law setting the amount of per diem for a member of a state board is not suspended if the General Appropriations Act does not set the amount of per diem to which the member is entitled.(c)  A law setting a limit on the number of days for which a state board member is entitled to a per diem is not suspended by this subchapter.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.|
TX Govt Code § 659.041 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter D. Longevity Pay|Section 659.041. Definitions

Sec. 659.041.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Appointment" means a job title.(2)  "Full-time state employee" means:(A)  a state employee who works in the executive or judicial branch of state government, other than a state institution of higher education, and who is normally scheduled to work a total of at least 40 hours a week for a single state agency;  (B)  a state employee who works for a state institution of higher education and who is normally scheduled to work a total of at least 40 hours a week in one position, as determined under Section 659.0411;  or(C)  a state employee who works in the legislative branch of state government and who is normally scheduled to work a total of 40 or more hours a week in all positions held in the legislative branch.(3)  "Part-time state employee" means a state employee who is not a full-time state employee.(4)  "State employee" means an individual who:(A)  is covered by Chapter 654;(B)  holds a line item or exempt position;(C)  works in a nonacademic position at a state institution of higher education at least 20 hours a week for at least 4.5 consecutive months;  or(D)  is an hourly employee of the state.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 33, eff. June 19, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 659.0411 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter D. Longevity Pay|Section 659.0411. Appointments at State Institutions of Higher Education

Sec. 659.0411.  APPOINTMENTS AT STATE INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION.  (a)  A state institution of higher education shall determine whether a state employee who has more than one appointment with the institution holds only one position or holds one position for each appointment.(b)  A board of regents shall determine whether a state employee who has an appointment with at least two state institutions of higher education under the board's jurisdiction holds only one position or holds one position for each appointment.(c)  A state employee who has an appointment with at least two state institutions of higher education holds more than one position if those institutions are not governed by the same board of regents.|Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 34, eff. June 19, 1997.|
TX Govt Code § 659.042 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter D. Longevity Pay|Section 659.042. Exclusions

Sec. 659.042.  EXCLUSIONS.  The following are not entitled to longevity pay under this subchapter:(1)  a member of the legislature;(2)  an individual who holds a statewide office that is normally filled by vote of the people, except as provided by Section 659.0445;(3)  an independent contractor or an employee of an independent contractor;(4)  a temporary employee;(5)  an officer or employee of a public junior college;(6)  an academic employee of a state institution of higher education; or(7)  a state employee who retired from state employment on or after June 1, 2005, and who receives an annuity based wholly or partly on service as a state officer or state employee in a public retirement system, as defined by Section 802.001, that was credited to the state employee.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 13.01, eff. September 1, 2005.Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1328 (S.B. 1519), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Govt Code § 659.043 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Government Code|Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees|Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees|Chapter 659 - Compensation|Subchapter D. Longevity Pay|Section 659.043. Entitlement

Sec. 659.043.  ENTITLEMENT.  (a)  A state employee is entitled to longevity pay to be included in the employee's monthly compensation if the employee:(1)  is a full-time state employee on the first workday of the month;(2)  is not on leave without pay on the first workday of the month; and(3)  has accrued at least two years of lifetime service credit not later than the last day of the preceding month.(b)  Notwithstanding Subsection (a)(2), an employee of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Texas School for the Deaf who is otherwise eligible for longevity pay is entitled to longevity pay for each month that the employee is in a full-time paid status on the first workday for which the school has work scheduled for the employee.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.  Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1277, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 31, eff. June 15, 2001.Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 899 (S.B. 1863), Sec. 13.02, eff. September 1, 2005.|