Bill Text: TX HB1476 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: Relating to a limitation on the salary paid to officers and employees of this state and political subdivisions of this state.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2023-03-03 - Referred to State Affairs [HB1476 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HB1476-Introduced.html
| By: Harrison | H.B. No. 1476 | |
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| relating to a limitation on the salary paid to officers and | ||
| employees of this state and political subdivisions of this state. | ||
| BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS: | ||
| SECTION 1. Subchapter B, Chapter 659, Government Code, is | ||
| amended by adding Section 659.0111 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 659.0111. LIMITATION ON SALARY. Notwithstanding any | ||
| other law, the salary of a state officer or employee may not exceed | ||
| the amount of the salary set by the biennial appropriations act for | ||
| the governor. | ||
| SECTION 2. Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended | ||
| by adding Section 180.010 to read as follows: | ||
| Sec. 180.010. LIMITATION ON SALARY FOR OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE | ||
| OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a) In this section, "political | ||
| subdivision" means a county, municipality, special district, | ||
| school district, junior college district, or other political | ||
| subdivision of this state. | ||
| (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the salary of an officer | ||
| or employee of a political subdivision may not exceed the amount of | ||
| the salary set by the General Appropriations Act for the governor. | ||
| SECTION 3. This Act applies to a salary agreement or an | ||
| employment contract that is entered into on or after September 1, | ||
| 2023. A salary agreement or an employment contract that is entered | ||
| into before September 1, 2023, is governed by the law as it existed | ||
| at the time the agreement or contract was entered into, and the | ||
| former law remains in effect for that purpose. | ||
| SECTION 4. This Act applies beginning with the state fiscal | ||
| biennium that begins September 1, 2023. | ||
| SECTION 5. This Act takes effect on September 1, 2023. | ||
