By: Harrison H.B. No. 1476       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to a limitation on the salary paid to officers and   employees of this state and political subdivisions of this state.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subchapter B, Chapter 659, Government Code, is   amended by adding Section 659.0111 to read as follows:          Sec. 659.0111.  LIMITATION ON SALARY.  Notwithstanding any   other law, the salary of a state officer or employee may not exceed   the amount of the salary set by the biennial appropriations act for   the governor.          SECTION 2.  Chapter 180, Local Government Code, is amended   by adding Section 180.010 to read as follows:          Sec. 180.010.  LIMITATION ON SALARY FOR OFFICER OR EMPLOYEE   OF POLITICAL SUBDIVISION. (a)  In this section, "political   subdivision" means a county, municipality, special district,   school district, junior college district, or other political   subdivision of this state.          (b)  Notwithstanding any other law, the salary of an officer   or employee of a political subdivision may not exceed the amount of   the salary set by the General Appropriations Act for the governor.          SECTION 3.  This Act applies to a salary agreement or an   employment contract that is entered into on or after September 1,   2023. A salary agreement or an employment contract that is entered   into before September 1, 2023, is governed by the law as it existed   at the time the agreement or contract was entered into, and the   former law remains in effect for that purpose.          SECTION 4.  This Act applies beginning with the state fiscal   biennium that begins September 1, 2023.          SECTION 5.  This Act takes effect on September 1, 2023.