Sec. 144.001.  TRANSFER SYSTEM AUTHORIZED.  (a)  A municipality may establish and operate an electronic funds transfer system to transfer the following items directly into officers' and employees' accounts in financial institutions only:
(1)  the net pay of the officers and employees;
(2)  payments for the travel and subsistence of the officers and employees;  and
(3)  all other forms of compensation, payment, or reimbursement paid to the officers and employees.
(b)  The authority granted by this chapter may not be restricted by a municipal charter.
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1047, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1989.