Bill Text: TX HB1476 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced

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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

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By: Harrison H.B. No. 1476

A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
AN ACT
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.