By: Harrison H.B. No. 948       A BILL TO BE ENTITLED   AN ACT   relating to the required posting by governmental entities of   employee contracts and compensation on entity Internet websites.          BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF TEXAS:          SECTION 1.  Subtitle A, Title 6, Government Code, is amended   by adding Chapter 621 to read as follows:   CHAPTER 621.  COMPENSATION OF GOVERNMENTAL ENTITY EMPLOYEES          Sec. 621.001.  DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:                (1)  "Total Compensation" means the salary, wages, and   any other thing of value that an employee receives for work   performed by the employee.                (2)  "Governmental entity" means:                      (A)  a state agency in the executive, legislative,   or judicial branch of state government; or                      (B)  a political subdivision of this state,   including a county, municipality, school district, hospital   district, metropolitan transit authority, conservation and   reclamation district, or any other special purpose district.          Sec. 621.002.  REQUIRED POSTING OF EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION.   Except for information excepted from required disclosure under   Chapter 552, each governmental entity shall:                (1)  post on the entity's publicly available Internet   website:                      (A)  any employment contract the entity enters   into with an entity employee; and                      (B)  the total compensation paid to each entity   employee; and                (2)  at least annually update the information required   under Subdivision (1).          Sec. 621.003.  FAILURE TO POST EMPLOYEE COMPENSATION. If   the comptroller determines that a governmental entity has violated   Section 620.002, the comptroller shall:                (1)  publish the comptroller's determination in the   Texas Register; and                (2)  notify the governmental entity in writing that the   entity is ineligible for any state grant for a period of two years   from the date the determination is published under Subdivision (1).          SECTION 2.  Not later than January 1, 2026, each   governmental entity shall comply with Section 621.002, Government   Code, as added by this Act.          SECTION 3.  This Act takes effect September 1, 2025.