Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 144.001 · Chapter 144. ELECTRONIC FUNDS TRANSFER OF COMPENSATION AND REIMBURSEMENT OF MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
TRANSFER SYSTEM AUTHORIZED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A municipality may establish and operate an electronic funds transfer system to transfer the following items directly into officers' and employees' accounts in financial institutions only:
(1) the net pay of the officers and employees;
(2) payments for the travel and subsistence of the officers and employees; and
(3) all other forms of compensation, payment, or reimbursement paid to the officers and employees.
(b) The authority granted by this chapter may not be restricted by a municipal charter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1047, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.144.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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