Tex. Gov't Code § 659.124 · Subchapter H. BENEFIT REPLACEMENT PAY
AMOUNT OF BENEFIT REPLACEMENT PAY FOR HIGHER EDUCATION EMPLOYEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) For a state employee employed by an institution of higher education, the benefit replacement pay is an increase in compensation equal to the sum of:
(1) 5.85 percent of the employee's compensation as of October 31, 1995, subject to the limit provided by Subsection (b); and
(2) an additional amount equal to the retirement contribution paid by the employee because of the benefit replacement pay provided by this subsection.
(b) The amount paid to an eligible state employee of an institution of higher education under Subsection (a)(1) may not exceed $965.25.
(c) In this section, "compensation" means annualized base salary or wages, including longevity and hazardous duty pay.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 417, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.659.htm
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