HBA-NLM H.B. 2613 76(R)    BILL ANALYSIS


Office of House Bill AnalysisH.B. 2613
By: Greenberg
Appropriations
4/7/1999
Introduced



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires an employee to be a full-time employee on the first
workday of the month to be eligible for longevity pay.  H.B. 2613 entitles
an employee of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the
Texas School for the Deaf to longevity pay for each month that the employee
is employed for any portion of the month, provided that the employee is not
on leave without pay on the first workday of the month. 

RULEMAKING AUTHORITY

It is the opinion of the Office of House Bill Analysis that this bill does
not expressly delegate any additional rulemaking authority to a state
officer, department, agency, or institution. 

SECTION BY SECTION ANALYSIS

SECTION 1.  Amends Section 659.043, Government Code, to entitle an employee
of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the Texas School
for the Deaf to longevity pay for each month that the employee is employed
for any portion of the month, provided that the employee is not on leave
without pay on the first workday of the month. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.