Sec. 659.2531.  TRANSFER WITHIN AGENCY BETWEEN CLASSIFIED POSITIONS ALLOCATED TO SAME SALARY GROUP.  (a)  In this section:
(1)  "Classified position" means a position classified under the state's position classification plan.
(2)  "Transfer" means the transfer of a state employee within a state agency between two classified positions that:
(A)  are allocated to the same salary group;  and
(B)  have different position titles as listed in the General Appropriations Act.
(b)  Except as provided by Subsection (c), a state employee's annual salary rate immediately after a transfer may not exceed:
(1)  the rate for the salary step that is one step higher than the salary step at which the employee was paid immediately before the transfer, if the classified position to which the employee transfers is allocated to a salary group that is divided into steps;  or
(2)  103.4 percent of the employee's annual salary rate immediately before the transfer, if the classified position to which the employee transfers is allocated to a salary group that is not divided into steps.
(c)  A state employee's annual salary rate immediately after a transfer may not exceed the maximum rate for the appropriate salary group.
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1310, Sec. 39, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.