Title GV, Government Code

Sec. 665.006. PER DIEM AND MILEAGE DURING IMPEACHMENT PROCEEDING. (a) A member of the house is entitled to a per diem when the house is in session for an impeachment proceeding but not for legislative purposes. (b) A member of a house committee is entitled to a per diem when the …

Sec. 665.007. CUMULATIVE REMEDY. The remedy of impeachment as provided in this chapter is cumulative of all other remedies regarding the impeachment or removal of public officers. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. SUBCHAPTER B. REMOVAL AFTER IMPE…

Sec. 665.021. SENATE MEETS AS COURT OF IMPEACHMENT. If the house prefers articles of impeachment against an individual, the senate shall meet as a court of impeachment in a trial of the individual in the manner provided by Article XV of the Texas Constitution. Added by Acts 1993,…

Sec. 665.022. PROCEDURE WHEN SENATE IS IN SESSION. (a) If the senate is in a regular or called session when articles of impeachment are preferred by the house, the senate shall receive the articles when they are presented. The senate shall set a day and time to resolve into a cou…

Sec. 665.023. PROCEDURE WHEN SENATE IS NOT IN SESSION. (a) If the senate is not in a regular or called session when articles of impeachment are preferred by the house, the house shall deliver by personal messenger or certified or registered mail a certified copy of the articles o…

Sec. 665.024. ADOPTION OF RULES. The senate shall adopt rules of procedure when it resolves into a court of impeachment. After the senate has adopted the rules it shall consider the articles of impeachment. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 665.025. CONVENING AND ADJOURNING SENATE. The senate may recess or adjourn during the impeachment trial to a time to be set by the senate. The senate may condition reconvening on the occurrence of an event specified in the motion. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec.…

Sec. 665.026. ATTENDANCE OF SENATORS. Each member of the senate shall be in attendance when the senate is meeting as a court of impeachment. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.

Sec. 665.027. POWERS OF SENATE MEETING AS A COURT OF IMPEACHMENT. (a) The senate may: (1) send for persons, papers, books, and other documents; (2) compel the giving of testimony; (3) punish for contempt to the same extent as a district court; (4) meet in closed session for purpo…

Sec. 665.028. PER DIEM WHILE SENATE IS MEETING AS A COURT OF IMPEACHMENT. (a) When meeting as a court of impeachment the members of the senate and the lieutenant governor receive the same mileage and per diem as is provided for members of the legislature when it is in legislative…

Sec. 665.051. INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. Only the following individuals are subject to removal from office by address under this subchapter: (1) a justice of the supreme court; (2) a judge of the court of criminal appeals; (3) a justice of a court of appeals; (4) a judge of …

Sec. 665.052. CAUSES FOR REMOVAL. (a) An individual may be removed from office by address for: (1) wilful neglect of duty; (2) incompetency; (3) habitual drunkenness; (4) oppression in office; (5) breach of trust; or (6) any other reasonable cause that is not a sufficient ground …

Sec. 665.053. NOTICE AND HEARING. (a) Notice of the reason for removal by address must be given to the officer who is to be removed. (b) The officer must be allowed to appear at a hearing in the officer's defense before the vote for removal by address is taken. (c) The cause for …

Sec. 665.054. REMOVAL VOTE. (a) The governor shall remove from office a person on the address of two-thirds of each house of the legislature. (b) The vote of each member shall be recorded in the journal of each house. Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, …

Sec. 665.081. NO REMOVAL FOR ACTS COMMITTED BEFORE ELECTION TO OFFICE. (a) An officer in this state may not be removed from office for an act the officer may have committed before the officer's election to office. (b) The prohibition against the removal from office for an act the…

Sec. 666.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Compensation" includes: (A) base salary or wages; (B) longevity or hazardous duty pay; (C) benefit replacement pay; (D) a payment for the balance of vacation and sick leave under Subchapter B, Chapter 661; (E) a payment for the acc…

Sec. 666.002. RECOVERY AUTHORIZATION. (a) A state agency may recover in accordance with this chapter the amount of a state employee's indebtedness to the agency if: (1) the agency provides a notice to the employee or successor that complies with Section 666.003; (2) the agency pr…

Sec. 666.003. NOTICE. (a) A state agency shall provide notice to a state employee or the employee's successor before the agency: (1) recovers the amount of the employee's indebtedness to the agency under Section 666.002(a); or (2) requests the comptroller to recover the amount of…

Sec. 666.004. PAYMENT OF AMOUNT REMAINING. Any amount that remains owed after a recovery under Section 666.002 shall be paid to the state employee or successor. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1467, Sec. 1.27, eff. Jan. 1, 2000. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. …

Sec. 666.005. RECOVERY REQUESTS TO THE COMPTROLLER. (a) A state agency may not request the comptroller to make a recovery under Section 666.002(b) before the agency: (1) provides the employee or successor the opportunity to exercise any due process or other constitutional or stat…

Sec. 666.006. ASSIGNEES. (a) The assignee of a state employee or the employee's successor is considered to be a successor for the purposes of this chapter, except that a recovery under this chapter from the compensation or base salary or wages owed to the assignee of a state empl…

Sec. 666.007. OTHER METHODS OF RECOVERY NOT PROHIBITED. This chapter does not prohibit the comptroller or a state agency from recovering an indebtedness in any manner authorized by a law other than this chapter. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 2001…

Sec. 666.008. ADMINISTRATION. The comptroller may adopt rules and establish procedures to administer this chapter. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1467, Sec. 1.27, eff. Jan 1, 2000. Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 666.007 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1158, Sec. 39, eff. S…

Sec. 667.001. GENERAL PROVISIONS. (a) This chapter applies to a person who is or may become employed by more than one state agency or institution of higher education. (b) A person who is employed by more than one state agency or institution of higher education may not receive ben…

Sec. 667.002. SEPARATE RECORDS REQUIRED. Separate vacation and sick leave records must be maintained for each employment. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Sec. 666.002 by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1420, Sec. 21.001(60), eff. Sep…

Sec. 667.003. TRANSFER OF LEAVE BALANCES PROHIBITED. If the person separates from one employment, the person's leave balances that were accrued under that employment may not be transferred to the remaining employments. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1…

Sec. 667.004. ACCRUAL OF STATE SERVICE CREDIT. The person accrues state service credit for all purposes as if the person had only one employment. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Renumbered from Government Code Sec. 666.004 by Acts 2001, 77th L…

Sec. 667.005. GROUP INSURANCE CONTRIBUTION. The total state contribution toward the person's group insurance is limited to the amount specified in the General Appropriations Act for a full-time active employee. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. …

Sec. 667.006. OVERTIME COMPENSATION. (a) Overtime compensation accrues for each employment independently of every other employment, except as provided by Subsection (b). (b) If the person is subject to the overtime provisions of the federal Fair Labor Standards Act of 1938 (29 U.…

Sec. 667.007. INFORMING EMPLOYER ABOUT MULTIPLE EMPLOYMENT. The person must inform the person's employing state agencies or institutions of higher education before accepting an additional employment with another agency or institution. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. …

Sec. 667.008. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR LEGISLATIVE AGENCIES. If a person's multiple employment involves only legislative agencies and all employments are less than full-time, the person may use paid leave from leave balances in all employments, and on separating from one employment…

Sec. 667.009. SPECIAL PROVISIONS FOR UNIVERSITY SYSTEMS. (a) A university system as defined by Section 61.003, Education Code, may establish a policy that defines a person's employment as the total hours the person is assigned: (1) to one component of the system; or (2) to all co…

Sec. 669.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Executive head of a state agency" means the director, executive director, commissioner, administrator, chief clerk, or other individual who is appointed by the governing body of the state agency or by another state or local officer…

Sec. 669.002. REASSIGNMENT OF EXECUTIVE HEAD OF STATE AGENCY. The executive head of a state agency may not be reassigned to another position in the agency or at another agency that is also controlled by the same governing body unless the governing body, in an open meeting, votes …

Sec. 669.003. CONTRACTING WITH EXECUTIVE HEAD OF STATE AGENCY. A state agency may not enter into a contract with the executive head of the state agency, with a person who at any time during the four years before the date of the contract was the executive head of the state agency,…

Sec. 669.004. ACTIONS INVOLVING EXECUTIVE HEAD ARE OPEN RECORDS. (a) The terms of the reassignment of an executive head of a state agency and the terms of a contract with a current or former executive head of a state agency are subject to disclosure under Chapter 552 and may not …

Sec. 670.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "Human resources employee" does not include an employee whose primary job function is enforcement of Title VI or Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. (2) "State agency" means a department, commission, board, office, authority,…

Sec. 670.002. HUMAN RESOURCES STAFFING FOR LARGE STATE AGENCIES. A state agency with 500 or more full-time equivalent employees shall adjust the agency's human resources staff to achieve a human resources employee-to-staff ratio of not more than one human resources employee for e…

Sec. 671.001. NURSE PRACTITIONER OR PHYSICIAN ASSISTANT IN STATE OFFICE COMPLEXES; PILOT PROGRAM. (a) To reduce the cost of health care and increase the wellness and productivity of state employees, the Employees Retirement System of Texas shall develop and implement a pilot prog…

Sec. 672.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "state agency" means a department, commission, board, office, or other agency in the executive branch of state government created by the state constitution or a state statute, including an institution of higher education as defined by Se…

Sec. 672.002. EMPLOYMENT PREFERENCE. (a) An individual who was under the permanent managing conservatorship of the Department of Family and Protective Services on the day preceding the individual's 18th birthday is entitled to a preference in employment with a state agency over o…

Sec. 672.003. FEDERAL LAW AND GRANTS. To the extent that this chapter conflicts with federal law or a limitation provided by a federal grant to a state agency, this chapter shall be construed to operate in harmony with the federal law or limitation of the federal grant. Added by …

Sec. 672.004. COMPLAINT REGARDING EMPLOYMENT DECISION OF STATE AGENCY. (a) An individual entitled to an employment preference under this chapter who is aggrieved by a decision of a state agency to which this chapter applies relating to hiring the individual, or relating to retain…

Sec. 672.005. AGE LIMIT. An individual is entitled to an employment preference under this chapter only if the individual is 25 years of age or younger. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1116 (H.B. 1043), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Sec. 673.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter: (1) "E-verify program" means the electronic verification of employment authorization program of the federal Illegal Immigration Reform and Immigrant Responsibility Act of 1996 (Pub. L. No. 104-208, reprinted in note, 8 U.S.C. Section 13…

Sec. 673.002. VERIFICATION. A state agency shall register and participate in the E-verify program to verify information of all new employees. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 425 (S.B. 374), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.