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


Office of House Bill AnalysisC.S.H.B. 2613
By: Greenberg
Appropriations
4/21/1999
Committee Report (Substituted)



BACKGROUND AND PURPOSE 

Current law requires a state employee to be a full-time employee on the
first workday of the month to be eligible for longevity pay.  C.S.H.B. 2613
entitles an employee of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually
Impaired or the Texas School for the Deaf who is otherwise eligible for
longevity pay, to longevity pay for each month that the employee is in a
full-time paid status on the first work day for which the school has work
scheduled for the employee. 

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 provide that an
employee of the Texas School for the Blind and Visually Impaired or the
Texas School for the Deaf who is otherwise eligible for longevity pay, is
entitled to longevity pay for each month that the employee is in a fulltime
paid status on the first work day for which the school has work scheduled
for the employee. 

SECTION 2.  Effective date: September 1, 1999.

SECTION 3.  Emergency clause.

COMPARISON OF ORIGINAL TO SUBSTITUTE

C.S.H.B. 2613 modifies the original in SECTION 1 (Section 659.043,
Government Code) to clarify that an  employee of the Texas School for the
Blind and Visually Impaired or the Texas School for the Deaf who is
otherwise eligible for longevity pay, is entitled to longevity pay for each
month that the employee is in a full-time paid status on the first work day
for which the school has work scheduled for the employee, rather than 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.