Texas Administrative Code › Title 34 - PUBLIC FINANCE › Part 1 - COMPTROLLER OF PUBLIC ACCOUNTS › Chapter 5 - FUNDS MANAGEMENT (FISCAL AFFAIRS) › Subchapter D - CLAIMS PROCESSING-PAYROLL › Section 5.47 - Deductions for Payments to Credit Unions

Current through Reg. 49, No. 28; July 12, 2024
(a)
				  Definitions. The following words and terms, when used in this section, shall
				  have the following meanings, unless the context clearly indicates otherwise.
(1) CAPPS--The centralized accounting and
				  payroll/personnel system, or any successor system used to implement the
				  enterprise resource planning component of the uniform statewide accounting
				  project, developed under Government Code, §
											2101.035
				  and §
											2101.036.
(2) Comptroller--The comptroller of public
				  accounts for the State of Texas.
(3) Credit union--A state credit union, an
				  out-of-state credit union, a foreign credit union, or a federal credit
				  union.
(4) Electronic funds
				  transfer--A payment made electronically instead of by warrant or check. The
				  term includes a payment made through an automated clearinghouse, by bank wire,
				  or by federal wire.
(5) Employer--A
				  state agency that employs a state employee who authorizes a deduction under
				  this section.
(6) Federal credit
				  union--A credit union organized under 12 U.S.C. Chapter 14.
(7) Foreign credit union--A credit union that
				  is not organized under the laws of this state or the United States if the
				  credit union is authorized under Finance Code, Title 3, Subtitle D, to do
				  business in this state.
(8)
				  Holiday--A state or national holiday as specified by the General Appropriations
				  Act or Government Code, §§
											662.001 -
				  662.010.
(9) Include--A term of enlargement and not of
				  limitation or exclusive enumeration. The use of the term does not create a
				  presumption that components not expressed are excluded.
(10) Institution of higher education--Has the
				  meaning assigned by Education Code, §
											61.003.
(11) May not--A prohibition. The term does
				  not mean "might not" or its equivalents.
(12) Out-of-state credit union--A credit
				  union organized under the laws of a state other than Texas if the credit union
				  is authorized under Finance Code, Title 3, Subtitle D, to do business in this
				  state.
(13) Participating credit
				  union--A credit union that the comptroller has certified according to this
				  section.
(14) Salary or wages--Base
				  salary or wages, longevity pay, or hazardous duty pay.
(15) State agency--A department, commission,
				  board, office, or other agency of any branch of Texas state government,
				  including an institution of higher education.
(16) State credit union--A voluntary,
				  cooperative, nonprofit financial institution that is authorized under Finance
				  Code, Title 3, Subtitle D, to do business in this state for the purposes of:
(A) encouraging thrift among its
				  members;
(B) creating a source of
				  credit at fair and reasonable rates of interest;
(C) providing an opportunity for its members
				  to use and control their own money to improve their economic and social
				  condition; and
(D) conducting any
				  other business, engaging in any other activity, and providing any other service
				  that may be of benefit to its members subject to Finance Code, Title 3,
				  Subtitle D, and rules adopted under that law.
(17) State employee--An employee of a state
				  agency. The term includes an elected or appointed official, a part-time
				  employee, an hourly employee, a temporary employee, an employee who is not
				  covered by Government Code, Chapter 654, and a combination of the preceding.
				  The term excludes an independent contractor and an employee of an independent
				  contractor.
(18) Workday--A
				  calendar day other than Saturday, Sunday, or a holiday.