Sec. 659.258. SALARY REDUCTION FOR DISCIPLINARY REASONS. (a) This section applies only to positions classified under the state's position classification plan.
(b) The administrative head of a state agency may reduce an employee's salary for disciplinary reasons, if warranted by the employee's performance, to a rate in the employee's designated salary group not lower than the minimum rate. The agency may, as the employee's performance improves, restore the employee's pay to any rate that does not exceed the employee's prior salary rate without accounting for the restoration as a merit salary increase.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 279, Sec. 16, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Public Officers and Employees
Subtitle B - State Officers and Employees
Subchapter K. Promotions, Reclassifications, and Other Adjustments to Salary
Section 659.251. Applicability
Section 659.253. Transfer Within Agency From Exempt to Classified Position
Section 659.2531. Transfer Within Agency Between Classified Positions Allocated to Same Salary Group
Section 659.254. Classified Position Reallocated or Reclassified to Different Salary Group
Section 659.255. Merit Salary Increases; One-Time Merit Payments
Section 659.2551. Performance Linked to Agency Goals
Section 659.258. Salary Reduction for Disciplinary Reasons
Section 659.259. Salary Limited to Maximum Group Rate
Section 659.260. Temporary Assignment
Section 659.262. Additional Compensation for Certain Classified State Employees