Tex. Gov't Code § 659.082 · Subchapter F. METHOD AND FREQUENCY OF PAYMENT
PAYMENT TWICE A MONTH.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An employee is entitled to be paid employment compensation twice a month if:
(1) the employee is employed by:
(A) the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation;
(B) the Texas Department of Transportation;
(C) the Texas Department of Human Services;
(D) the Texas Workforce Commission;
(E) the Department of Public Safety; or
(F) any other state agency designated by the comptroller;
(2) the employee holds a classified position under the state's position classification plan;
(3) the employee's position is classified below salary group A12 under classification salary Schedule A in the General Appropriations Act;
(4) the employing state agency satisfies the comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation twice a month; and
(5) at least 30 percent of the eligible employees of the agency choose to be paid twice a month.
(b) Employees of an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, may be paid twice a month at the election of the employing institution of higher education.
(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 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.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 734, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 252), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.659.htm
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