88R2832 KBB-D
	By: Bucy	H.B. No. 202

	A BILL TO BE ENTITLED
	AN ACT
	relating to a pay raise for certain state employees.
	BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:
	SECTION 1.   Except as provided by Section 2 of this Act, for
	the state fiscal biennium beginning September 1, 2023:
	(1)  each full-time employee of a state agency,
	including an institution of higher education as defined by Section
	61.003, Education Code, is entitled to an increase in the
	employee's gross annual salary for each state fiscal year of that
	biennium in an amount equal to $10,000; and
	(2)  each part-time employee of a state agency,
	including an institution of higher education as defined by Section
	61.003, Education Code, is entitled to an increase in the
	employee's gross annual salary for each state fiscal year of that
	biennium in an amount that is equal to the product of:
	(A)  the ratio between the number of hours the
	employee works and the number of hours required of a full-time
	employee; and
	(B)  $10,000.
	SECTION 2.  Section 1 of this Act does not apply to a member
	of the legislature or to a member of a board, commission, or other
	governing body of a state agency, including an institution of
	higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, who
	may receive a per diem or expense reimbursement but not a salary for
	full-time employment.
	SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2023.