1. (a) An employee is entitled to be paid employment compensation twice a month if:

   1. (1) the employee is employed by:

      1. (A) the Texas Department of Mental Health and Mental Retardation;
      2. (B) the Texas Department of Transportation;
      3. (C) the Texas Department of Human Services;
      4. (D) the Texas Workforce Commission;
      5. (E) the Department of Public Safety; or
      6. (F) any other state agency designated by the comptroller;
   2. (2) the employee holds a classified position under the state's position classification plan;
   3. (3) the employee's position is classified below salary group A12 under classification salary Schedule A in the General Appropriations Act;
   4. (4) the employing state agency satisfies the comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation twice a month; and
   5. (5) at least 30 percent of the eligible employees of the agency choose to be paid twice a month.
2. (b) Employees of an institution of higher education as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, may be paid twice a month at the election of the employing institution of higher education.
3. (c) A state agency listed in Subsection (a) may elect to pay employment compensation twice a month to an employee who holds a position classified under classification salary Schedule A in the General Appropriations Act. A state agency that elects to pay employment compensation twice a month under this subsection must satisfy the comptroller's requirements relating to the payment of compensation twice a month.

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 734, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 14, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 920 (H.B. 252), Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2025.